[IGN-13762 , IGN-13764 , IGN-13765] Drawing Editor Feedback

Ignition 8.3 Early Access
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Hi, I've been trying out the new Drawing Editor for Perspective. Here's some things I've noticed that impact the usability of the tool:

  • The snapping is great, but it snapping doesn't work when adjusting shapes using the anchors/arrows on the outside.
  • Scrolling is a little cumbersome - would it be possible to add scroll click for dragging and navigating the drawing editor?
  • Adding styles/events to elements: it would be super useful to be able to add style classes and events to individual elements, especially if they supported element states like hovering for dynamic SVGs.
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Hi @Cade_Allen , I'm the developer of the Drawing Editor.

I agree that it'd be nice if the resize anchors would snap- particularly to the edges of other elements.

Your scrolling idea needs some further incubation on our end, perhaps being able to drag the entire canvas to scroll would be a good feature?

Yes I agree that being able to manipulate/bind to Perspective Styles would be a good feature for the Drawing Editor.

I'll create feature appropriate tickets internally. Thank you for your feedback!

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I would be looking to existing products for this. I.e. middle mouse click to pan is the stock standard for all other image editing software I've used (Inkscape, Coral Draw, Illustrator)

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Thank you!

For the scrolling, I'm imagining dragging with middle mouse click similar to Inkscape like @nminchin mentioned.

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I think it would be really good to be able to drill down into an svg. Maybe I am missing something but it seems like I can’t select something on a lower layer without selecting from the elements window.

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