Re: Feature request

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 18:20, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> Le Thu, Apr 08, 2004, Ã  08:07:13PM +0200, Lars Clausen a écrit:
>
> > > previously (see:
> > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2002-April/msg00053.html for more),
> > > but it seems that nothing has been done since.
> > > My users would like to make hyperlink between diagrams. I think it can be a
> > > powerful. And more can be done, as I agreed with Cyrille. I can't do it
> > > myself (netadmin, and php programmer, not more), so anyone can tell me it
> > > something like this can, will be done and when?
> >
> > I agree that it could be quite useful.  Could you expand on how you
> > could see it working (UI-wise, never mind the implementation)?  In
> > particular, how do we keep it from being confused with the other
> > functionality (selecting, moving, resizing etc)?
>
> A good way (practised by some unspecified Windows tools) is to have a little
> "chain link" icon appear in the lower right corner when the object is
> selected (just inside the usual handles). Click on that link and poof you're
> following it. Click elsewhere and the regular behaviour applies.

I guess that's viable.  I suppose you wouldn't want to tie it to text
elements, otherwise I was thinking to show it in interactive rendering
with an underline of text.

> For the question of entering the link, I suggest simply adding an "url"
> property in Element (and in the STANDARD_ELEMENT_PROPERTIES macro).

Just in Element?  Not in, say, polygons or connectors?  Would be
easier,but not as generic.  Should also be added to shapes.

-Lars