[Merkaartor] Problems with new unified Select/Move mode

[Chris Browet]

Should be better, now.

- Chris -

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Chris Browet <cbro at semperpax.com> wrote:

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>> I have now played a bit with the new unified Select and Move mode. As
>> far as I understand it, you can select objects normally, e.g. by
>> clicking on them. When you select an object, you can then move it right
>> on. Moving the mouse cursor out of the selected object reverts to Select
>> mode. Hovering the selected object again shows the Move cursor.
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> Right you are.
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>> Now here's a testcase for you: Get a way with some nodes. Select one of
>> the nodes. Now alternately hover the node and the way it belongs to. Do
>> that slow and a bit quicker. When moving from the node over to the way,
>> Move mode remains active. Go back and forth a bit, sometimes Select move
>> is active over the not-selected object, mostly Move mode remains active.
>> So this behaves quite non-deterministic.
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> I'll look into that.
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>> Is that by intention or should you really only be able to move the
>> selected object? I can't really figure out from the code what is
>> happening or why. Maybe something in
>> EditInteraction::snapMouseMoveEvent() or
>> GenericFeatureSnapInteraction::updateSnap().
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> It is so by design. That's the only way I can think of to determine the
> intentions of the user. Moving an selected object seems the natural outcome
> when dragging it.
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>> Another thing I found out, but it's only a discovery: Double-click on a
>> node. On the first click it's selected and on the second click it's
>> moved a tiny bit. This happens if you double-click not exactly at the
>> node's position but within the snap area. The node will be moved right
>> under the mouse cursor then. So this unified mode is not recommended for
>> people who always double-click on things, no matter what.
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> Shouldn't be so. I'll look into it
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> Regards
> - Chris -
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