@encart like that idea too

@Ingolf Yes, pretty much that idea. I think the individual really has to choose what's relevant for their purposes - my no selection context menu for instance only has 10 items - the multi selection has 15. I'm still refining what I need as I go along, but I'm getting a bit more au fait with VS now Neil

@Boldline I added this to the backlog. The required tools are already available, but not yet accessible.

@Boldline Use the Alignment panel size alignment options.

@VectorStyler thanks! I'm fine with it converting the result to inches after I type it in if that helps

@Igull said in Request change to Transform Panel: @Ingolf LOL, I see your four and raise you my three Illustrator [image: 1658257365740-illustrator-resized.png] Ah, I think we might be comparing apples and pears. It looks like context bars in your post, and floating panels in my post. So a chronic horizontal narrow static bar vs floating bars with a dynamic size.

@b77 lol I'm not opposed to your idea, I'm just asking questions on how it could be done. There are a lot of angles to this to consider; valuable space in the toolbar versus not having too long of a pullout. Users having control over what shape options are available where, etc.. I'm glad you're offering suggestions

@VectorStyler said in Option modifier when clicking on tab for recovered file should show the file in the recovery folder: We need to think about limiting the new options. Those will also need to be reorganized in the near future, as the Preferences view is too complex. If I am misunderstanding, let me know - but this topic sparked the idea about the maintenance section in the help menu. I wasn't wanting to add more preferences to the literal preferences section [image: 1657982941983-bb168598-a3d1-4749-9ae5-5caff2000796-bld-2022-07-16-at-10.48.51.png]

@VectorStyler said in Improving Grid Options: I will try to replicate this, checking preview should work. And I will move it to the new location. Checking again today, the preview works fine - maybe I was not noticing the changes last time and it seemed like it was not working to me. I know you mentioned already you would move the preview/refresh to a new location, but expanding a little on the topic in terms of user experience in case it helps; The way the setup is now, the preview is a checkbox, which by default makes me think of it not as an active button meant for clicking to refresh, but as a setting you either leave on or off - where the refresh would occur automatically when the checkmark is active. Maybe you want to leave the preview where it is but using that on/off function and then add the refresh at the bottom with the ok or cancel? @VectorStyler said in Improving Grid Options: Could make this a new document option. Sometimes a default grid is needed. I totally agree - there are times I like a default grid as well - but I also like the option to have it carry over or not. We're getting spoiled with all the levels of customization! Phase 7 sounds so far away lol - but that will really be great when it arrives - being able to easily create and share presets will help a lot of people expedite processes and get down to work faster on their projects.

@VectorStyler thanks for clarifying. Also thank you for hearing out our ideas and giving them all consideration and implementing them as they fit your overall vision - no matter how big or small, far fetched or realistic the suggestions and ideas are. I am sure I can speak for more than just myself here, it's awesome to be able to help improve VS with our ideas and testing. In a way we get to help mold it into a program we can use the way we best see fit and that's exciting

@Boldline It's late, but I'd like to point out a find i made in Object Roles. While I was looking for something different. Found it in Object > Object Role > More Roles. There is a Role called "Text on Path Style". The Manual says: "The object's text-on-path settings act like a text-on-path style". It's unclear to me how that works. But looks like some kind of preset for Text on Path? [image: 1657400295610-text-on-path-style.png]

@plrang said in Edit>Repeat > Option to Pick a last Action to Repeat continuously: That "Repeat" looks just like the "History" panel, should be merged into one and available as a panel. This would be hard to merge, at least for now. The History panel contains the undo/redo history of the edited document, and these cannot be restored to actions (unless those actions are also stored with these, further increasing file size). The undo/redo history is a hierarchy of alternate histories caused by making a different change after one of more undo steps. The Recent Actions panel contains a limited set of most recent actions. There is no hierarchy here, and these are common for all documents (global for the application), so an action made in one document can be repeated in another.

@VectorStyler COOL. I just found these actions for my Toolbox Unfortunately these do not work with the CUSTOM Toolbox and some of the icons belong to wrong actions or do not work. [image: 1657050575670-7ea9735d-d847-498b-919f-cd7a3fc0cc34-obraz.png]

I think dialogs should be improved as part of an overall update and an overall improved UI concept. And it needs to be done thoroughly and patiently. Because it's not easy. But you usually get the overview and the good ideas easier when you see the whole thing in a big perspective. We must be careful not to get improvements dripped into an old UI architecture, or to improve an architecture with patchwork solutions when a brand new one might be better in a major upgrade of VS. For example, I think the "new document" dialog needs to be rethought. The really big task (besides following UI standards in big and small ways) is to find an elegant way to separate commonly used and very advanced features. That's also the task Inkscape has started on. VS is an exceptionally powerful and versatile tool, but in several places the advanced features obfuscate the very most used features that most customers will buy the program to use, so it's worth all the time and effort to find the best balance UI wise.

@plrang said in Collision snapping not far from perfect: @Subpath I noticed these Actions recently but haven't had a chance to use them yet. I just thought it was some kind of macro recording, I left it for later because I need to design. But I will definitely check'em out. I'll tell you again, if you recorded it in smartphone video format, added text and posted it on Tiktok, you'd probably be the first one. There you just add the text, which is automatically changed to voice over and you're done. And the audience is huge. . . Well, Tik Tok is not really my universe. I think I'll stay VektorStyler Forum exclusive for now and if the world wants to see me it has to come here and meet VectorStyler right away Yes, you right Actions is a kind of Macro Recorder but will not Record everthing. But it works with the Alignment Panel and also in this case.

@Ingolf In the meantime, I took the opportunity to create my own Toolbar, check this out: https://www.vectorstyler.com/forum/topic/2164/customizing-the-toolboxes/4

@plrang said in Could the color panel color select option in artboard panel be tied to current color panel settings?: Also when you click the Artboard Editor nothing happens, even the mouse cursor stays the same, an artboard isn't highlighted in any way. The cursor changes here when it hovers the canvas (the space between artboards) and stays the same (a selection cursor) when hovering an artboard, because you can click that artboard to select it. ……………………………………………… A TOOL is a thing used frequently, I think it should be removed from the Toolbox and instead some other tool could be added (or that could be customized by the user). What do you mean by this? The 'Artboard Tool' (Shift-O) should be removed from the toolbox?

@plrang Added this to the backlog.