[Libreoffice-ux-advise] Re-sizing handles ...

[Sveinn í Felli]

Hi all,

Þann mán 31.okt 2011 16:05, skrifaði Michael Meeks:
> Hi guys,
>
> On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 15:28 +0100, Astron wrote:
>>>> 5) The handles for resizing and rotating look rather dated. They
>>>> should be replaced by some squares/circles filled with a nice
>>>> gradient. Are they hardcoded or could the graphics simply be replaced?
>>>
>>>         Agreed - there are two modes: large and small for the handles but both
>>> look dated as you say. Some consensus on this from the design team might
>>> let us create some easy hack around this.
>>
>> There are four modes: small, large, small/3D, large/3D. Writer's
>> scanner tool uses small square black handles, but I am not sure if
>> these are graphics.
>> Additionally, in Draw/Impress, there are at least another four handles
>> (corner, side vertical, side horizontal, center) for rotating and a
>> further two (node, "direction of node") for manipulating vector lines,
>> all are also available in four modes (small, small/3D, large,
>> large/3D).
>
> 	So - Thorsten - is there really any good reason for all these handle
> modes ?
>

A bit on Bezier-curve handles in Draw:

Attached is a screenshot attempting to show the difference 
of those, compared to the resizing handles.
There's a slight circular shadow effect on the Bezier 
handles. (Is it possible that they're supposed to be 
circular but are suffering from the alpha transparency bug 
mentioned in the other thread ?)

Anyway, in most decent drawing applications I know of, 
Bezier points are circular and Bezier handles either 
circular or triangular; IMHO that gives a better impression 
on how they work (can be moved in all directions = are vectors).

Just thoughts,

Sveinn í Felli

>> It would be great if all of the four modes could be unified (with
>> handles nominally the same size as the current large handles [8*8])
>> with all of the related options removed.
>
> 	I'd -love- to add an easy hack for that, it shouldn't be that hard. I
> just wonder if there is indeed any legitimate reason at all for all that
> complexity.
>
> 	If not, I'll knock together an easy hack with code pointers for this.
>
> 	Thanks,
>
> 		Michael.
>
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