From: Lauris K. <la...@ka...> - 2003-12-27 11:03:00
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Hello! Wayne Maeda kirjutas R, 26.12.2003 kell 23:02: > > > I want to be able to see as much of my working image as possible so I > > > don't like to clutter the screen with dialog windows if I can help it. > > Same for me, but raising/lowering windows can be your friend here. For > > most important ones, I keep corner visible, so I can raise them with > > right-click, other ones can be raised/deiconified from taskbar. > I'm experimenting with opening the pertinent dialog windows and making them > "always on top" and keeping them rolled up. I'll have to figure out an > acceptable layout so that they won't get in the way. Is there a way to make > some dialog windows open automatically when Sodipodi starts? No :-( > > > Example: Whenever I use the Text Tool, 99.9% of the time I open the Text > > > dialog window immediately after to adjust the font, size, etc. Instead of > > > having to open the Text dialog everytime, perhaps it could automatically > > > open whenever the Text Tool is chosen or used? This also applies for the > > > drawing tools and the Fill & Stroke dialog windows. > > > > How about double-click (middle-click, Ctrl-click) opening dialog + > > selecting tool automatically? I can imagine situations where I do > > not want dialog to appear automatically, if I select text/shape > > tool... > > I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to say here. You suggestion was opening text dialog automatically, whenever text tool is selected. My suggestion was to factor 'text tool' button in toolbox: 1-Click - select text tool 2-Click - select text tool and open text dialog Ctrl-Click - select text tool and open tool-options dialog > Or perhaps place the grid/guidelines command on the right mouse button. > > Here's another problem I'm having: how do I set custom grid units so that I > don't have to set them again everytime I open Sodipodi? Again, not possible at moment. Too much config settings are not persistent :-( Best wishes, Lauris Kaplinski |