3. 1.3 Repeater Editor minor issues

1.3 Repeater Editor minor issues

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    The Repeater editor is a great feature, really !

    I found a few implementation issues. Nothing major but keep them for when you have a chance to correct them.

    • center point is not moving the repeater, just the editor overlay : grid and recursion geometries
      https://somup.com/cTXtQYRI27

    • center point is missing on all random geometries : random, Halton, Dispersed, Hammersley, Scattered

    • Repeater Editor overlay is missing : Offset Spiral

    Another (minor) issue which was present before is that concentric geometry is clipped within a rectangle (regardless of clipped content setting). The spiral geometry doesn't have this behaviour and seems more intuitive. It can be moved anywhere with center point. I understand clipping would happen if the repeater is created within the largest object, but not if it is not.

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    @EricP I opened a bug on these and will try to fix them.

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    @EricP said in 1.3 Repeater Editor minor issues:

    center point is not moving the repeater, just the editor overlay : grid and recursion geometries

    The center point sets the relative center where the repetitions start, not the location of the repeater. This can be a bit confusing with the shapeless repeaters.

    center point is missing on all random geometries : random, Halton, Dispersed, Hammersley, Scattered

    These repeaters do not have the center attribute.

    Repeater Editor overlay is missing : Offset Spiral

    I could not replicate this, an example file is needed.

    Another (minor) issue which was present before is that concentric geometry is clipped within a rectangle (regardless of clipped content setting).

    I will need an example file for this also.

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    @VectorStyler thanks for these clarifications

    The center point sets the relative center where the repetitions start, not the location of the repeater. This can be a bit confusing with the shapeless repeaters.

    yes, I find this confusing. One common thing with shapeless repeaters is that they tend to extend outside of the artboard when adjusting the geometry parameters and it is frequently needed for user to recenter the repeater. Having a node for this in the editor tool would be great.

    Also, I don't really understand what changing the repetition start does on the repeater itself visually. Does it change where index 0 is ? what would be a practical use of this control ?

    These repeaters do not have the center attribute.
    I understand. However it would be nice to be able to move the repeater with the same editor tool

    Offset spiral editor overlay missing
    I could not replicate, so it may be an error on my part the other day

    concentric repeater geometry clipped in a square
    Here is a file : 0_1764843592784_concentirc repeater.vstyler

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