Re: Element height and width as editable attributes

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

On 16.09.2007 14:24, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> sometimes I need to set the height and width of a standard box
> (or other elements/shapes) numerically. Is there a way to this
> other than edit the dia file with a text editor?
> 
> As a quick hack, I solved the problem for the standard box,
> but I'm not sure, whether this is an acceptable solution for
> dia. E.g. it is possible to enter negative values for height and
> width and one cannot change the objects position. diff attached,
> please comment.
> 
Dia already had this feature at some point in time. Unfortunately it had
quite some regessions, so it was switched off again. See:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328200

Regards,
	Hans

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