Re: Dia: Why is it so hard to do simple things? dia-list Digest, Vol 89, Issue 7

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon freemail ru>]

Greetings, Cristian Secara!

> > 2. Zooming requires Ctrl key to be held. Which is exceptionally
> > annoying combined with issue #1.

> It seems that Dia uses the same configuration as some other programs
> (like GIMP, Visio and other that I don't recall now), which I
> personally like and find very productive:
> wheel alone = vertical scroll
> shift + wheel = horizontal
> scroll ctrl + wheel = zoom

It's productive, when you're working with text editing and electronic tables
(Like Word/Excel/Writer/Calc), or a vertical diagram, where your information
flow is primarily vertical. Then yes, you want to scroll up/down mostly, and
rarely need to zoom.
But when your diagram spans unbounded, the requirement to hold arbitrary keys
to move around becoming a constraint.
The GIMP copied text-editing programs behavior blindly, that's why you will
find it's default behavior the same. Thankfully, it is possible to reset it to
more productive free zooming.

> (one day I will try to run Dia on Linux, just for curiosity about the
> zooming behavior there in native GTK environment)

Doubt it's not the same.


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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon freemail ru) 13.09.2011, <16:05>

Sorry for my terrible english...