How to make VS remember last used brush/pen tool colors, widths ...
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I can make VS remember last used brush/pen tool in setting, but how can I make the same thing for other specs from last stroke like colors, widths, etc?
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@Raaskot Color and width should be remembered inside a document, but not between documents or after restart.
Each edited document has its own default color and width
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"Color and width should be remembered inside a document,"
Yes that works, but if you make a stroke transparent (like temporarily before applying Combine Path commands), the next time you select a stroke color, stroke width is back to "Hairline" instead of previous stroke width for that shape.
It would be great if stroke width would not be reset when stroke color is made transparent
steps :
- draw shape
- select stroke color (eg black)
- select stroke width (eg 1pt)
- remove stroke
- apply trim boolean operation (not having strokes)
- select stroke color again (eg black)
- current : stroke width = hairline
- desired : stroke width = 1pt like before
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@EricP said in How to make VS remember last used brush/pen tool colors, widths ...:
It would be great if stroke width would not be reset when stroke color is made transparent
Currently the stroke is removed when it is made transparent, this can be seen in the Appearance panel.
Since removing also discard all other stroke attributes, adding a new stroke (by selecting the color) will start with defaults.But I will check how this works in other apps also.
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@VectorStyler I just discovered the alt-click on palette to set stroke color. This is great.
Also, it automatically adds a 1pt stroke on a stroke-less shape.
So, maybe one option would be to remember last stroke width used and apply it instead of always defaulting to 1 pt for alt-click, or hairline if done through the stroke color chooser
no big deal but just a suggestion
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@EricP said in How to make VS remember last used brush/pen tool colors, widths ...:
So, maybe one option would be to remember last stroke width used and apply it instead of always defaulting to 1 pt for alt-click, or hairline if done through the stroke color chooser
This part is a bit difficult. When an object has no stroke, all the stroke info are removed (width, color, etc) so currently this info (width) is not available when adding a stroke color to an object with no stroke.
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@VectorStyler ok, no problem, it's not a big issue to set the width again. No need to spend dev time on it
BTW, I was not clear enough. I was suggesting to use the last used width not for this object specifically but from any previously set object, like fill color is remembered if you change it.
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@EricP said in How to make VS remember last used brush/pen tool colors, widths ...:
use the last used width not for this object specifically but from any previously set object
This would be possible.
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@VectorStyler thank you for having included that on last release. This saves me a lot of clicks
