Right Mousebutton to fill the opposite Node in a Gradient

[Ingolf]

@Subpath said in Right Mousebutton to fill the opposite Node in a Gradient:

@Ingolf

Nothing would stop you (and anybody else) from creating (multi) gradients the way you are used to.
After all, you don't have to use the right mouse button if you don't want to.

Indeed - no objections - just trying to imagine a solution that works for all gradient stops.

[Subpath]

@b77

this popover panel is much to big
not dragable and not scaleable

apart from the fact that it covers an Object
what should not be happen.

and you need to double click every Node to get this Panel
(not so very much fun on a multi gradient, i guess)

[Subpath]

I looked around what solutions other Vector programs
offering for this case.

So far like the Magix Graphics Designer (MGD)
way of doing this.

But i don't like that you have to select a small menu first
should go directly in my opinion.

Here are some points I like about the MGD popup panel
-- it stays open
-- it is scalable
-- it is movable

-- you can seamlessly switch between different
objects with different gradients

-- there is a small icon in the Contex Bar when you activate it,
an object will display its gradient nodes when you select it

I made a Video, see here
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and a Picture with selected Gradient Objects
(Btw works in VS too, as i saw)

[Ingolf]

@Subpath said in Right Mousebutton to fill the opposite Node in a Gradient:

@b77

this popover panel is much to big

Yes

apart from the fact that it covers an Object
what should not be happen.
and you need to double click every Node you have to get this Panel
(not so very much fun on a multi gradient, i guess)

I use a mouse as the only pointing and drawing device, so I would be very happy if a small dedicated color selector could pop up after I hovered a gradient stop for 1-2 seconds (user configurable option including delay interval).

Users using other types of devices would probably prefer some other way of activating the color selector.

I don't think any drawing programs supports this at the moment - I will check my Photo editing programs later.

[Ingolf]

@Subpath said in Right Mousebutton to fill the opposite Node in a Gradient:

To speed up the process of filling gradients a bit
i had the following idea.

But that aside - I actually think this would work after some coffee woke up my mind. A bit like left and right mouse button selects stroke and fill in coreldraw, right, just first and last stop?

[b77]

Useful to know for everybody:

When the Gradient Editor tool (G) is active, Option-clicking (Mac) or Alt-clicking (Win) any object or the canvas picks that color for the selected color stop.
(If no color stop is selected, it will assign the picked color as a solid fill).

[Subpath]

@b77

on Window holding the Alt-Key
will bring the Color Picker up

see video

[b77]

@Subpath Forgot to mention the correct modifier on Windows. Adding it now.

[Subpath]

@b77

btw as it looks, that no color Stop (node) is selected
when you create a new gradient, will be fixed.
Is already in the Backlog

i mentioned this here:
The Thread

[b77]

@Subpath That's great.