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  Select objects with transform or node edit tool by choosing attribute/color first
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  @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
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  Presets or default options within VS for text on a curve options
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  @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?
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  Edit>Repeat > Option to Pick a last Action to Repeat continuously
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  @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.
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  Customizing Toolboxes
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  @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.
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  "Export" doesn't remember the current preset
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  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.
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  Collision snapping not far from perfect
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  @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.
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  "Preferences" and menus
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  @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
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  Could the color panel color select option in artboard panel be tied to current color panel settings?
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  @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?
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  Double click on a slider handle to return to the neutral setting
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  @plrang Added this to the backlog.
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  Recent fonts used in this specific project option
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  @VectorStyler Yes
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  Cannot de-select a selected item when part of a selected group by clicking on it a second time
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  @Boldline said in Cannot de-select a selected item when part of a selected group by clicking on it a second time: Can this feature be added to VS? Yes, it is in the backlog.
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  Scroll / drag to change an option / value
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  @VectorStyler Yes, i'm using that. If a panel is scrollable Blender is using CTRL+ mouse scroll , otherwise it's just a scroll.
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  Need for improvements when navigating list menus
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  @encart Popups always get in the way. It's better to focus eyes on the view while just moving the mouse and selecting the effect. Otherwise you have to popup select hide, popup select hide. If you have a whole day to do so;) For example the Shape Effects/Filters panel can have upper tabs for categories (if they exist), tabs on the left, it may be icons. Vectorstyler has so many options that a search box is a must in my opinion for such panel (no need to remember where the effect is in the list). Preview on hover or on click. DaVinci Resolve Effects Panel no way you can do it faster with any popups.
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  Request to use current color for gradient when changing fill style from solid to gradient
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  @VectorStyler said in Request to use current color for gradient when changing fill style from solid to gradient: This refers to the gradient selected in the Fill popup from the context panel? Yes
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  Let's use imagination...
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  @Torakikiii If the PDF is in CMYK mode and has a die cut shape with a spot color for the stroke (say, one named 'diecut'), it should import correctly and show in the Print dialog or in the RIP as a separate plate. You might need to set the die cut shape's stroke to overprint however. ……………………………………… Also: if I understand correctly, when you receive a 2-page PDF (page = artboard) where the 1st page has the artwork and the 2nd one has the die cut shape, you'd like to have the option for both to be overlapped directly on import on a single artboard?
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  Option to set only a select Preferences section to default?
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  @Subpath Thanks! Hopefully when implemented, it will help expedite the process of narrowing down the preferences issues that occasionally arise. That will make it faster for us to zero in on the issue area and for the developer to know what to fix sooner.
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  After clicking once with text tool to create temporary highlighted text, pasted text should replace it
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  @VectorStyler OK, but indeed the highlighted text doesn't get replaced when pasting some other text.
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  Inspiration - rotation trick
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  @Ingolf Added this to the backlog. One issue: on Windows the Control key is currently used to disable snapping when rotating. In this case snapping is to angles of rotated guidelines.
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  Shortcut Finder
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  @Subpath That's what I mean — send me the .txt file. I don't have access to a PC. Btw. nice new Profil Pic Made in VS, thanks!
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  Loose idea - gradient stops via tab key
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  Oh double click shows it - forgot