@Ingolf said in Checking (& modifying) any artboard directly with the selection/transform tool: Some time ago someone wanted the transform tool options placed as a submenu in the toolbar and I objected because that should be reserved for actual tools. And here I would recommend a transform tool submenu with two transform tools, the regular and an artboard transform tool (it could just trigger the artboard tool). I think it would make perfect sense. We still completely disagree on the first point It also does not make sense to me to add a tool to the transform tool pullout that is related to the artboard settings. The transform tool deals with matters on the artboard, not the artboard itself. Ironically, the different transform tools currently in the contextual menu make more sense to me in the toolbar pullout

@William-Kansepa I had a situation where I finally needed to import a large set of images into a VS and I thought of you with this thread. They all pasted together as expected. [image: 1644179690711-178282a1-2558-4c1a-9885-f2f0efc1b7b3-bld-2022-02-06-at-15.30.05-resized.png] I like the idea of the "import queue" like what you demonstrated in Affinity in the screen video you included. I wonder if it would be feasible to add an option at the bottom of the queue to essentially distribute the rest of the photos into the document. In this case, the rest would just pile up like they do currently. This way the option is there to just drop them all in the file or go through and manually apply sizing and such to each [image: 1644180121431-fce1b605-cbe5-4390-b583-423f9ca04ae5-bld-2022-02-06-at-15.38.31-resized.png]

@Jayanta-Das No such option at this time. I add this to the list of feature requests.

@Boldline I will add this to the backlog.

@Ingolf Ya it will be useful in giving a frosty glass effects

@Ingolf Replicated the panel menu button issue (for some reason the resource got unlinked there). I will add a reset rotation button, and it seems that tool tips are missing in this panel.

@vectoradmin Got it.

@vectoradmin Yes, it refers to the "Envelope" shape Transform cage. I try the way you have described. And thanks for adding the copy/paste Shape

@mickrose I will find a solution for this.

@Ingolf If the objects are grouped, then add a fill using the Appearance panel (first + icon at the bottom). Click on the fill color, and select Gradient mode, and select a gradient preset. (not working with the gradient tool, will try to fix that).

I guess baseline or ascent line alignment by default should also extend to grouped text objects.

@Boldline Got the file! Thanks!

Just to point it out, this could easily be a customization option. Rather than being just group/ungroup, consider an option to pick from the existing toolbar commands and add smaller versions of them to the bounding box, on a selected side of it, perhaps specifying which ones should appear for a given type of object, or when there are multiple objects selected, etc. It would basically turn an edge of the bounding box into another customizable toolbar.

@Ingolf said in Inspiration - interactive perspective feature: The visual approach has the advantage, though, that you can play freely with it and visualize all kinds of perspectives live and fast. True.

@Ingolf Somewhat different, but once the drop shadow is added in VS, it can be edited interactively (as most effects): https://recordit.co/j2gt7ZERqT

@Boldline The color drag&drop between palettes has been added in build 1.1.008