Re: Some remarks

[djhouy]

> It's not quite 'one direction only', it's in fact 'only
horizontally/vertically'.

This is correctly called 'orthogonal' mode (or 'ortho' mode for short), and
as I have used many CAD and other drawing packages over the years, I feel I
am qualified to say, I expected this feature to be present, found it where
I expected it to be, and feel that it works exactly as it should.

Thanks for all the great work guys....
Dennis



                                                                                       
                                 
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On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Any input for the "TIPS and TRICKS" section of the FAQ would be
> appreciated. Any more "hidden" feature (Cyril, James, Lars� ... ? :)
>
> That's the list of the most uncommon ones I found :
> - zoom in/out : + and - keys
> - ctrl + left drag : to move an object in one direction only (I still
> think there is a pb with that one)

It's not quite 'one direction only', it's in fact 'only
horizontally/vertically'.  So if you move far right, it moves only
horizontally, if you move far up, it moves only vertically.  This leads to
a small jump if you move across the original position.  The alternative
would be to fix either horizontal or vertical based on the first movement.
I think that would be worse, since if you accidentally start off in the
wrong direction, you're stuck with it.  Any of the UI knowledgeable out
there can comment on this?

-Lars

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