[Qgis-developer] Re: New composer draw shapes

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi John

Thanks for your feedback.
It is now possible to set the transparency values for fill/outline in the color 
dialog.

> That is a great idea as well. Might I suggest that it have the flexibility
>  to create lines with arrow options for either end? Perhaps this was
>  already your thinking. That way, the user can create arrows or generalize
>  them to serve as simple lines to possibly highlight a separation or
>  something else on the map without having an arrow on the end. Of course,
>  the ability to create curved lines with a bezel tool would be nice, but
>  perhaps too complex.

As a first step, I plan to add the choice to have no arrow marker, a hardcoded 
predefined arrow marker or the possibility to specify svg files as marker.

Curved lines are a good idea too, but I leave that for future implementations.

Regards,
Marco

Am Freitag, 20. November 2009 18.50:17 schrieb John C. Tull:
> Hi Marco,
> 
> On Nov 20, 2009, at 1:51 AM, Marco Hugentobler wrote:
> > Hi John and list
> >
> > Thanks for testing the new feature.
> >
> >>> 2) The Background
> >>> color options do not appear to do anything for me, so perhaps need to
> >>> be removed from the ui, or made functional assuming there is an
> >>> interest for a background fill behind an ellipse or triangle.
> >
> > True, the non-functional background color and transparency is a bug.
> > Should be fixed in r12204
> 
> It is now working.
> 
> > For uniformity of item handling, I'd like to leave the background / frame
> > options for composer shapes. It could however be an option that they are
> > transparent white by default.
> 
> That makes sense. In that respect, you should change the legend item ui to
>  say "General Options" instead of the current "Item Options for
>  consistency.
> 
> >>> 4) It would be ideal if the user could set opacity for the shape
> >>> outline and/or fill.
> >
> > Agreed. I'm going to add that soon. Also I'm planning to make an item for
> > arrows in composer soon.
> 
> That is a great idea as well. Might I suggest that it have the flexibility
>  to create lines with arrow options for either end? Perhaps this was
>  already your thinking. That way, the user can create arrows or generalize
>  them to serve as simple lines to possibly highlight a separation or
>  something else on the map without having an arrow on the end. Of course,
>  the ability to create curved lines with a bezel tool would be nice, but
>  perhaps too complex.
> 
> One other enhancement that would be nice would be the ability to set
>  columns for legends. It is currently possibly to create multiple legends
>  and use item subsets to create pseudo-columns, but doing it directly in a
>  single legend item would be preferable.
> 
> As always, I am very impressed with the composer and your exceptional work
>  and dedication. I don't want you to think that there is any lack of
>  satisfaction on my part. I'm just trying to throw out ideas as they come
>  to mind.
> 
> Cheers,
> John
> 

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