Violet UML Editor

Tracker: Bugs

5 Inconsistent snap to grid - ID: 1825622

Last Update: Comment added ( snakeveil )

Details:

ver 0.21.1

The snap to grid feature works inconsistently. When moving a tool,
sometimes it snaps to the closest anchor point, but other times it chooses
to snap to one of the farther points. There's no visual clue where it's
going to snap now. Moreover, when moving a group of tools, they often snap
differently, thus changing their relative positions.

Expected behavior: a tool always snaps to the visually closest anchor
point. If a group of tools is moved, all the tools in the group snap
consistently.

Submitted:

SnakE ( snakeveil ) - 2007-11-04 16:48

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Status:

Open

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None

Assigned:

Nobody/Anonymous

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Public

Comments ( 2 )

Date: 2007-11-17 10:06 Sender: snakeveil Actually snap to grid should work as follows: 1. All objects keep their precise coordinates and dimensions and display according to those precise coordinates, without change 2. When you either finish moving an object or change its contents, and snap to grid is enabled, the object must update its coordinates according to the snap rules 3. There should be a menu item, snap all, in case you've changed grid size and wanted all the objects to re-align 4. At no other circumstances objects should change their coordinates This makes snap consistent, old schemes readable, and program code simpler.
Date: 2007-11-05 23:11 Sender: snakeveil I attached a simple patch that fixes this problem. Hope this helps. File Added: snap.diff

Date: 2007-11-17 10:06
Sender: snakeveil

Actually snap to grid *should* work as follows:
1. All objects keep their precise coordinates and dimensions and display
according to those precise coordinates, without change
2. When you either finish moving an object or change its contents, and
snap to grid is enabled, the object must update its coordinates according
to the snap rules
3. There should be a menu item, snap all, in case you've changed grid size
and wanted all the objects to re-align
4. At no other circumstances objects should change their coordinates
This makes snap consistent, old schemes readable, and program code
simpler.

Date: 2007-11-05 23:11
Sender: snakeveil

I attached a simple patch that fixes this problem. Hope this helps.
File Added: snap.diff

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Filename	Description	Download
snap.diff	This patch fixes the inconsistent snapping problem	Download

Change ( 1 )

Field	Old Value	Date	By
File Added	252956: snap.diff	2007-11-05 23:11	snakeveil

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