@VectorStyler Eager to witness your brainstorm brilliance!"

@monsterfox said in Auto-closed path: When the two ends of a path are close to each other, a single connect operation can merge them into one, forming a closed path. A button for this is available in the context panel when the Node tool is active. Dragging one end of a path to touch the other end should automatically close the path. We'd like to add this functionality. I'm not sure about this automatically.

@VectorStyler This is similar to the curve-based operation I mentioned earlier, but it lacks precise control. It would be perfect if we could have parametric settings.

@Boldline said in Shift modifier to keep end nodes stationary: I was testing this out in VS but could not quite tell if it was implemented or not. This is not supported in VS.

@VectorStyler said in Could the Polygon Tool start with the last Setting used ?: For the default options, click on the canvas with the polygon tool (no dragging) Thank you, i test it and it works this way

@lilith said in adding animation features: Will you consider adding animation features in the future, such as Synfig Studio Maybe in a spin-off app. The current VS is already very complex, and there is a lot that will be added.

@VectorStyler Here is a picture of what I meant [image: 1742544339652-neutral-position.png]

@Daniel I added these to the features backlog.

@VectorStyler said in Could context bar show color and stroke and fill information for the pen tool when the pen tool is selected?: I can add this to the next build. That would be nice because there is something to be said for BL's idea if you make the analogy with the real world. After all, you first take the pencil of the right color before you start drawing.

@FastVector I added this to the backlog.

Ah! Brilliant. Thanks @VectorStyler!

@Boldline said in User defined Color for Shape Builder: @Subpath I understand what you are suggesting. It would make sense to me if the setting is where you were suggesting it be - in the shape builder panel and not in the overall setting since it seems pretty busy there I agree, the Shape Builder panel would be the most logical place for me too for such a setting

@monsterfox I will try to find a better layout for this.

No rush. Take your time. I'd rather you implement it correctly than rush out something that is broken and buggy. We already have affinity for that. By the way, this has been a pending request to Affinity since, wait for it, 2015. That's ten years. Hopefully you don't need a decade.

Still my go to program for layout work. Eats Publisher and InDesign for breakfast in terms of speed. The only VECTOR program with multi page table that's not InDesign or Quark Express.

@Boldline The extending part of the tool can only work for open shapes, so you have to open the path first (with the Node tool).

@debraspicher said in "Hide Bleed" Option and exporting Bleeds through PNG, JPG, etc: The ability to add Crop, Registration marks, etc to an exported image would also very greatly appreciated. I have to add them back in by printing in another program (like Affinity) that supports them. I will try to add this for 1.3

Look-up Xara, which has had this for many years, and is highly useful. Inkscape/Corel took much of it's UI-UX from Xara. Xara was on the verge of going Open Source. At least for Linux. Until it reneged. Double-clicking the transform origin point converts circle to square, or rectangle to ellipse, and vice versa. Double-clicking the corner node (Xara has additional corner nodes within the bounding box for all objects) transforms the shape into hexagon. And you can use the dedicated polygon tool to change this in any way. It is highly efficient. I'm going to catalogue all the possible improvements over the next few months and post in the forum. Hopefully, @VectorStyler, you'll find some ideas you've not considered.

@VectorStyler I know I can customize the right-click menu, but my post was about a standard solution, not a custom one.

@Subpath I opened a bug on this. The default settings must produce better results.