@VectorStyler Good enough. You basically want to reach parity with Illustrator with functionality. This is a noticeable friction point.

@Boldline I added this to the backlog.

@Raaskot I added this to the backlog

@VectorStyler thanks. zoom level seems to make a big difference. The farther I am zoomed out from the objects I am attempting to select, the harder it is to select a small object. I instinctively have to zoom farther in to get VS to choose the smaller object first. I'll create an example I can send to test this

@VectorStyler oh that's really great !! so much hidden functionality to be discovered Thanks !

@VectorStyler I think that would be ok though. maybe the first live text box selected is the one that all other selected live text boxes use as reference for size and position?

@EricP I added this to the backlog.

@VectorStyler Thank you! This will be VERY helpful - especially for font development

@VectorStyler It does. And the pivot point snaps to gridlines if you set it to. Nice!

@EricP I added this to the backlog.

@VectorStyler IMHO, yes, it would speed up the process (instead of closing the list or hovering over another blend). Thanks.

@encart I will try to fix this ASAP.

@VectorStyler thanks for the backlog add. And thanks for reminding me about randomization in Disturb Colors, I had overlooked it. @Subpath thanks for sharing these tricks and nice tutorials

@Boldline It should work, what are the cases when it cannot exit?

Well, I guess if you're overloaded with options and features, that would justify breaking that one tool into several, each of which doing a subset of the functions of the original one. If I classified the behavior I know of that that tool has, in order of most benign to most powerful, it would be: Node selection Translation of selected nodes Translation of segments bounded by selected nodes by selecting segment directly Conversion of straight segments to Bezier curves Deforming Bezier curves (unknown algorithm) The first two classes could be combined into one tool (I think this is Illustrator's white arrow funcitonality) The third should be a class in itself. Converting a data type is very different than selecting and translation. May not be invertible. The fourth is available in Illustrator's white arrow-sort of. In Illustrator's, the slope of the Bezier control points that are not on the curve remains constant. It simply extends or shrinks them. This is very important because you usually know the slope at the end point of a curve. Dragging the curve with that constraint is really valuable. I'm not sure what your algorithm is, but decoupling the terminal slopes from the curve translation allows you to (1) put down the curve with slopes where you know them and (2) optimally fit the curve with these boundary conditions to, say a curve in an image. That functionality could be put in the node selection tool if you divided off the datatype conversion to a separate tool.

@Subpath I added this to the backlog

@EricP said in Magic Wand selection based on size: is there a way to achieve this or could that be a feature enhancement ? Not possible for now, I added this to the features backlog.

@Subpath It seems our opinions are highly unified. His ability to use VS far surpasses most people. We need to keep up the good work.

@monsterfox I think the snapping is missing from this tool, I have to check that. Curving is normal once you move a point, but it can be disabled if you open the Shape Effects panel and open the Elastic Warp options.