RE: Sanpping objects to grid by middle instead of corner

["Jon Oesterheld" <jon oesterheld erowatech com>]

Yes I checked the first attempt to answer my question. The out side of
the shape always snaps by the corner.

Resizing the object so that it aligns with other items that are snapping
to the grid seems kinda, I don't know...odd. I resize objects so that
they fit into the diagram. I think of 'Snap To Grid' as just that.

I appreciate that patches are excepted and I would provide them if I
knew how.

How about this, is there a way to add the alignment features available
in the properties of the text fields to the shape properties? There it
is possible to have the text align to the left, center or right (text
alignment) and top, center or bottom plus first line (vertical text
alignment) and that works great.

 
Kind Regards,
 
Jon
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Breuer [mailto:hans breuer org] 
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 12:18 PM
To: discussions about usage and development of dia
Cc: Jon Oesterheld
Subject: Re: Sanpping objects to grid by middle instead of corner

At 11.08.2010 22:53, Jon Oesterheld wrote:
> I'm having a problem when I have 'Snap to Grid' turned on. The object
> always snaps to the grid with the upper left corner node(?). Is there
a
> way to make it snap to a side or middle node(?)?
Did you notice the first attempt to answer your question?
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2010-August/msg00023.html

To have more grid aligned objects I usually don't only move the objects 
where they are indeed snapping to the object's position (usually the
upper 
left corner). I also resize the object to be more grid aligned.

> Some objects have a line coming out from the middle of one or more
sides
> (see the 'Horizontal Relay'). If I resize the object these lines won't
> necessarily line up with the grid.
Yes, but that's up to you.

> When I then insert a 'line' or
> 'zigzag line' it snaps to the grid but doesn't align with the lines on
> the side of the object. Yes you can 'connect' the line to the objects
> node(?0 but there is always a slight jump in the line.
That might be a problem with the center point being a bit off center.
IIRC 
they were added just doing bounding box calcualtions, not visual checks.

Patches accepted.
        Hans

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