On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 18:13 +0100, Hans Breuer wrote: > On 25.02.2006 17:59, Lars Clausen wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 10:04 +0100, Hans Breuer wrote: > >> As already mentioned in > >> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328200 > >> and > >> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=331027 > >> I'd like to get rid of the Element width (and height) > >> entries in the standard properties dialogs again. > >> IMHO they are causing more harm than good. > >> > >> Thoughts? > > > > It is very useful for anyone doing modelling of things with a physical > > size. I have had a use for it already. I know of one problem only they > > have, namely that if you change the size of the object while the > > properties dialog is open, it doesn't update. Do you see any other kind > > of harm in having them? > > > Yes, please follow the give bug links: > - the aspect ratio property is not respectzed
In general, limits set by the object are not respected. This is because they usually live in the move_handle functions, which are not called here. That will be a little tricky to do right. If I can't come up with a good solution, I will remove the setters again. > - the grouped object properties work-around badly breaks cause it is very > common to change colors, line widths etc. but much less common to make > same size. The latter even does only work if all included objects support > arbitrary resizing - which most don't ... This one is easy to fix -- they can be taking out of the groupable properties by adding PROP_FLAG_DONT_MERGE -Lars -- Lars Clausen ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://lars.raeder.dk) "I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Evelyn Beatrice Hall paraphrasing Voltaire _______________________________________________ Dia-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list FAQ at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/faq.html Main page at http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia
