Re: [artworks] Ideas for new version

  • From: Martin Wuerthner <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: artworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:26:47 +0100

In message <4ea1664ac0smartmails@xxxxxxxx>
          Michael Gerbracht <smartmails@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 07 Jan, <rickman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What I would like to see in a future version of ArtWorks is improved
>> "nudge" capability, similar to the function provided in Xara.
> 
> Do I understand it right that this is a function to move around objects on
> the page? Don't know the Xara funktion.
> 
>> Xara supports the following:-
> 
>> O  choice: Set nudge distance
> 
>> A  dist x 1           up,down,left,right arrow
>> B       x 5           Ctrl + arrow
>> C       x 10          Shift + arrow
>> E       x 1/5         Ctrl + Shift + arrow
>> F  1 pixel            Alt + arrow
>> G  5 pixels           Alt + Shift + arrow
> 
> If so I would like to suggest something in the same direction. I would like
> to see a dependece of the move distance from the view scale of the document.
> So I would expect that when I zoom into some area of the document that the
> object is moved in smaller steps than at 100%.

Yes, that is what Xara's options F and G above do. I have taken up 
this suggestion in my reply to John's message.

Martin
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