ronnyb Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Hey guys, I know you are super swamped with getting APub out. I just wanted to share a request which I think would be VERY useful. It's an enhancement for Move/Node tools which I think would benefit all users and enhance productivity. It might have been discussed in the past, if my memory serves me right... I'm talking about enhancing the behavior of the selection function while using the Move and/or Node tools. What this is based on is a selection technique from SketchUp. Here is a video explaining how it works in that app. Notice how the selection marquee changes from solid to dotted line / marching ants, based on the direction the user drags, to visualize the alternate behavior activated. I think this would be TREMENDOUSLY useful for selecting and editing object in groups, and perhaps can be applied to inter-node segments as well... Thanks for your consideration. anon1 1 Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 haha that is pretty funny, definitely very interesting - although I guess a little bit confusing to some.... I´d support an option for this behavior, may be very nice in some situations, once you´re used to it ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 I've been requesting a true selection tool. One that goes deep into groups. Please Serif? ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 One that goes deep into groups. I couldn’t find your other post, but are you aware that you can Command + click an object to select it directly within group hierarchies of arbitrary complexity? Cheers, Alex :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 That could be another option for the selection drag... I suppose the Devs could set up a default behaviors or Context Tool / Tools Prefs for 4 unique behaviors to the select (Move) tool, based on the direction of the marquee dragged rectangle: Upper left —> Lower right Upper right —> lower left Lower left —> Upper right Lower right —> Upper left And the behaviors could be something like these: Select objects enclosed by marquee Select objects intersecting marquee Select through group Select ??? I've been requesting a true selection tool. One that goes deep into groups. Please Serif? Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon1 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 You really trust your muscle memory man :D ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 One that goes deep into groups. I couldn’t find your other post, but are you aware that you can Command + click an object to select it directly within group hierarchies of arbitrary complexity? Cheers, Alex :) I found it https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/12864-selecting-inside-nested-groups/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 Thanks, evtonic3 … :) As far as I understood, you want to use a selection marquee to select several objects within a group, right? Have you already tried the Command + Drag method? Does that work for your purpose? Below’s a video showing the differences … Note, that you can also use Shift + Command + Drag to add new objects to an existing selection (thereby selecting the letter combinations “In” and “de” simultaneously from the word “Inside” in my example … but that’s not shown in the video … Cheers, Alex :) P.S. Made some edits to my post, to make things more clear. Modifier_Marquee.mov evtonic3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnyb Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 I'm suggesting 4 different types of selection behaviors possible, determined by the direction in which one drags the selection marquee... Thanks, evtonic3 … :) As far as I understood, you want to use a selection marquee to select several objects within a group, right? Have you already tried the Command + Drag method? Does that work for your purpose? Below’s a video showing the differences … Note, that you can also use Shift + Command + Drag to add new objects to an existing selection (thereby selecting the letter combinations “In” and “de” simultaneously from the word “Inside” in my example … but that’s not shown in the video … Cheers, Alex :) P.S. Made some edits to my post, to make things more clear. Quote 2021 16” Macbook Pro w/ M1 Max 10c cpu /24c gpu, 32 GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Ventura 13.6 2018 11" iPad Pro w/ A12X cpu/gpu, 256 GB, iPadOS 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evtonic3 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Thanks, evtonic3 … :) As far as I understood, you want to use a selection marquee to select several objects within a group, right? Have you already tried the Command + Drag method? Does that work for your purpose? Below’s a video showing the differences … Note, that you can also use Shift + Command + Drag to add new objects to an existing selection (thereby selecting the letter combinations “In” and “de” simultaneously from the word “Inside” in my example … but that’s not shown in the video … Cheers, Alex :) P.S. Made some edits to my post, to make things more clear. This seems to do what I need! Thanks! Ronny you are another on this stuff man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Hey Ronny, sorry … I understood your idea quite well … my post was an answer to evtonic3’s question … :) ronnyb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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