Constrain angle improvement

Ingolf

Something happens elsewhere when I command-click that node. Also not shown in clip is that many times I can not pull handles anymore, when I click one handle others are highlighted with blue like they are selected. I am so confused now.

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b77

@Ingolf The 'Anchor Points' tool is a relatively recent addition and it looks like it wasn't sufficiently tested (probably because it does the same things Shift- and Option-dragging handles do) — but indeed it should let you also move the Bézier handles, not just "preview" the moving.

b77

@Boldline said in Constrain angle improvement:

@b77 I had suggested recently to @vectoradmin about some day adding the ability to move a node along the path after creation.

You don't mean sliding the node along the path to a different location, right?

Ingolf

OMG is the control key reserved by macOS for showing the context sensitive menu?

Boldline

@b77 That was the thought!

b77

@Ingolf said in Constrain angle improvement:

OMG is the control key reserved by macOS for showing the context sensitive menu?

One hundred percent!
(The Command key does what the Control key does on Windows).

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@Boldline said in Constrain angle improvement:

@b77 That was the thought.

OK, but isn't moving and modifying a node needed more often?
In my opinion it's easy to double-click the path when in node editing mode to create another node at the intended location, then delete the other one if you don't need it.

fde101

@Ingolf The control key normally displays the context menu in macOS but I am fairly confident that apps are able to override that. This goes back to the days when 2-button mice were uncommon on the Macintosh (prior to even OS X).

Boldline

@b77 said in Constrain angle improvement:

@Boldline said in Constrain angle improvement:

@b77 I had suggested recently to @vectoradmin about some day adding the ability to move a node along the path after creation.

You don't mean sliding the node along the path to a different location, right?

I was just offering future potential uses for modifier keys as they may relate to node editing. My suggestion may be very useful to font designers in particular as that it a helpful tool in apps like Glyphs and is also one of Astute's plugins currently.

b77

@Boldline Hey, I use Glyphs here everyday — Option-dragging a node slides it between the left and right Bézier handles, not on the path itself:

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(Of course, if the node is between two continuous straight segments, it will do that).

So I agree with you then — this is another good use for Option-dragging and Option-nudging.

VectorStyler

@Ingolf Fixes to angle constraining and the Anchor tool are available in 1.1.002 beta