Bounding boxes and Guides

[jackamus]

I would just like to do my annual request regarding bounding boxes and guides.

I would like to ask the developers if they could allow, when an object is selected, for the bounding box handles not to disappear when moving a guide?

When you decide to select an object and then want to move a guide, there is a good chance that you will want the guide to snap to one of the handles otherwise why take the action in the first place?

Also, as it stands, the guide line night not snap to the handle but get close to it as it is snapping to another snapping point out of view on the screen.

In the past it was suggested that we tweak the snapping options to avoid this but that mean resetting the snapping options back to where it was before.

If the handles didn't disappear in the first place then this snapping change is not necessary.

Whilst the objects bounding box handles are always visible whilst selected what is the point of making them momentarily disappear whilst moving a guide?

I have been requesting this ever since AD was first published and so I'm trying again.

All those in favor say "Aye"

 

[GarryP]

[jackamus]

I am fully aware of this and agree but I imagine one has to take into account what exactly is being requested, the complexity, the usefulness and intuitiveness.

Is asking for this request annually regarded as 'constantly nagging'?

I do not believe that what I'm asking is any of these things.

What I can't understand is why there is such a resistance to such a small and very useful change!

How difficult is it to change a code from disappearance to non-disappearance?

[GarryP]

If we already know that a thread exists for a particular thing then Serif have requested that we don’t knowingly create more threads about that same thing.

If you decide to ignore Serif's request, and you already know what might happen if you do so, then, if they do what they said they would do, it shouldn't come as a surprise.

[jackamus]

I look at it this way; If I have added something new to the request and some body different reads it and it doesn't get deleted then that is good. Its a risk I'm willing to take.

[PaulEC]

I can't see why this shouldn't be an option, but I must add that I can't see any need for it myself, as the snapping seems perfectly obvious without having visible handles!

[jackamus]

Yes I agree but if the guide appears to be snapping to the invisible handle but in fact it may be snapping to another snapping point out of view on the screen but almost in line with the handle then you have a problem. Either the handle need not disappear or you will have to adjust your snapping options. Which would be the easier?