UI suggestion: make grid behind shapes

Boudewijn Rempt boud at valdyas.org
Tue Dec 20 10:12:41 GMT 2011


On Tuesday 20 December 2011 Dec, Yue Liu wrote:
> 2011/12/20 Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org>:
> > On Tuesday 20 December 2011 Dec, Yue Liu wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I investigated a set of commercial diagramming applications and found
> >> they put grid behind shapes, while currently we're doing the opposite.
> >> The advantage of making grid behind shapes is the user will have a
> >> better impression to the shapes they are manipulating, while this may
> >> cause trouble to creative apps like Karbon and Krita where grid on top
> >> of shape is needed for tweaking overlap of two shapes, so I suggest
> >> paint grid before shapes in kopageapp and words while keep the current
> >> strategy in Karbon and Krita.
> >>
> >> What do you think about this idea?
> >
> > Well -- the current grid already shows on top of the shapes, doesn't it? At least in Karbon.
> Yes, my main point is the grid painting should be different in stage
> and flow compared to what is already in karbon and krita.

I wouldn't have a problem with that.



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Boudewijn Rempt
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