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Manual positioning of steps
Graphical UI should adopt common control behaviour from other graphic editors. Selected object (step) should be controlled and precisely positioned by cursor keys.Autolayout is great, but could be limited to selected objects only. The way it works now does not allow combination of vertical and horizontal layout of steps.
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Roman,
Thanks for your idea.
Regarding autolayout, you can autolayout only the selected steps. If you lasso around multiple steps and click either of the autolayout buttons, they will be arranged separately from the unselected steps. You can also use horizontal and vertical layouts together in this way.
Regarding moving steps with the keyboard, currently the arrow keys navigate between steps, which we feel is a convenient way to select steps when you want to edit their properties, so I am reluctant to change this behavior. However, we might be able to assign ctrl or alt+ arrow keys to move the steps. What would you think of that?
As an aside, if you want more precise control over the movement of steps, you can turn off the 'snap to grid' using the button to the left of the autolayout buttons, which will move steps one pixel at a time when you drag them with the mouse. Or, if you hold down the alt key and drag when 'snap to grid' is on, it will override this setting and allow precision movement.
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I’m
excited to get some ideas for improvements.
Roman,
Thanks for your idea.
Regarding autolayout, you can autolayout only the selected steps. If you lasso around multiple steps and click either of the autolayout buttons, they will be arranged separately from the unselected steps. You can also use horizontal and vertical layouts together in this way.
Regarding moving steps with the keyboard, currently the arrow keys navigate between steps, which we feel is a convenient way to select steps when you want to edit their properties, so I am reluctant to change this behavior. However, we might be able to assign ctrl or alt+ arrow keys to move the steps. What would you think of that?
As an aside, if you want more precise control over the movement of steps, you can turn off the 'snap to grid' using the button to the left of the autolayout buttons, which will move steps one pixel at a time when you drag them with the mouse. Or, if you hold down the alt key and drag when 'snap to grid' is on, it will override this setting and allow precision movement.Comment -
