[Qgis-developer] Behavior of the guide lines in print composer

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Andi

 >First, let me thank for the guidelines - for the developer (Marco I 
think?) and the one who sponsored it >(no idea who paid for it).

The worldbank (InaSAFE project) funds the development.

It took me a while to find out how to create snap lines in Inkscape.
I don't have a strong opinion about that. The idea in QGIS is that if 
you want a snap line at x-coordinate 50, you click at the number 50 on 
the x-scale. In Inkscape, you have to go to the vertical ruler first, 
than drag from there  to x-coordinate 50 (feels slightly more 
complicated to me).

Regards,
Marco


Am 28.03.2013 16:01, schrieb Andreas Neumann:
> Hi,
>
> First, let me thank for the guidelines - for the developer (Marco I 
> think?) and the one who sponsored it (no idea who paid for it).
>
> The behavior is a bit non-standard, though. When dragging from the 
> horizontal ruler one gets a vertical guideline and vice versa. I think 
> we should stick to the behaviour of other graphics software - like 
> Inkscape and Illustrator. From a horizontal rules you should get a 
> horizontal guideline and from a vertical ruler you should get a 
> vertical guideline.
>
> Or what are the reasons that you should get a vertical guideline from 
> a horizontal ruler?
>
> Thank you,
> Andreas
>


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