Re: nudge an object?

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Fri, 2006-05-19 at 12:05 -0700, Octavio Alvarez wrote:
> 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.

If you move a line that is connected to something, the connections will
be broken.

-Lars