Optimized UI flow selection for changing line color
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Inkscape |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
This is based on Inkscape version .91.
Inkscape is exactly the program I want to be able to quickly draw up engineering designs with a Wacom drawer. THere is one thing I think could be improved upon- selecting the line color you want with the pencil.
Current "best case" flow I see:
1. select the pencil
2. draw your line
3. click on the "stroke" box in the lower left-corner, which is currently colored black. This brings up a new window, "fill and stroke"
4. select "stroke paint" tab
5. click between the R, G, B color bars to get the line color you want. This changes the color of the line.
6. If I draw a new line and I want that same color, I have to repeat steps 1-5 over again.
As an optimization, why can it not be this?:
A. select the pencil
B. click on the stroke color box lower-left corner (defaults to black).
C. Now click on one of the box colors you want that runs all along the bottom of the screen.
D. Draw your line.
E. The pencil continues to use that color until you select a new color.
F. If you want to bring up the 'fill-and-stroke' box, either click on that stroke box in the lower-left corner two times, or hold down the shift key and click on that stroke box. But the pencil will continue to use that color for new lines until you specify otherwise.
To me, my suggestion seems way more intuitive, practical, and less steps.
| ScislaC (scislac) wrote | #1 |
| why2jjj (why2jjj) wrote | #2 |
| ScislaC (scislac) wrote | #3 |
| why2jjj (why2jjj) wrote | #4 |
After you draw your line, you can just Shift+Click swatches to change the stroke color.