[Uml-devel] [Bug 100648] Tool to normalize object distribution

[Daniel Calviño Sánchez]

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------- Additional Comments From danxuliu gmail com  2006-08-15 17:12 -------
The spacing between objects borders was added in Umbrello 1.5.3 (it was called alignment type distribute horizontally/vertically, see http://bugs.kde.org/67058#c8).

Spacing between objects centroids wasn't added. However, if this means space the center of the objects at the same distance one from each other, I can't see the benefit of it :)

For example:
Before          After spacing by centers
+-----+         +-----+
|  *  |         |  *  |
+-----+         +-----+
                +-----+
+-----+         |     |
|     |         |     |
|     |         |  *  |
|  *  |         |     |
|     |         |     |
|     |         +-----+
+-----+         +-----+
                |  *  |
+-----+         +-----+
|  *  |         
+-----+         
+-----+         +-----+
|  *  |         |  *  |
+-----+         +-----+

As you can see, it can lead to overlapping objects easily. Using spacing between object borders this won't happen.

So, could you please show an example where spacing between centers can be useful? :)