Re: nudge an object?

["Octavio Alvarez" <alvarezp alvarezp ods org>]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 11:32:34 -0700, Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk> wrote:

> > >>> Is it possible to nudge an object with the up/down/left/right  
> > arrows?
> > >
> > >> I vote for that.
> > >
> > > Yes, pretty please.  (I know two other drawing programs where the  
> > arrow
> > > keys move things rather than scroll - I find that much more  
> > intuitive).
> >
> > if (!object_is_selected)
> >    scroll();
> > else
> >    nudge_selected_objects();
>
> A little simplified, I'm afraid, but I like the basic idea.  Took a
> short look at it, and there's somewhat more work to it than that, for
> one thing child objects should behave correctly, for another we may or
> may not want to break connections, depending on what we're moving.  A
> patch would be welcome, though.

I guess connections should not be broken, just like if they were moved with
the mouse.

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Ing. Octavio Alvarez Piza