Re: Size and Position Window

[Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com>]

Hi Chris,

I think you will find the will to duplicate Visio functions to be very low here. This is an open source project and one that has been very slow to inactive for some years now. If you wanted to try your hand at coding the change yourself that is the surest way to see it happen. You may find some help doing it once you start working on it. Or maybe someone who is good at it will think it worth doing.

There is the rub though ... because this is open source, changes happen when code writers take an interest.  You would need to make a solid use case for the function.  Everyone using the program so far has been fine without the function you suggest (in maybe 15 years I have never seen this request), or it would have been implemented, so you have an uphill battle selling the idea. 

I am strictly a user not a code writer, but I can guess from years on this discussion board that the first thing you will confront, is the question why not learn how to use the functions already present? To me it sounds like you don't understand how Dia works very well.  With Dia there is no reason to care about the coordinate system and window size, except perhaps when creating shapes of your own. Usually we just make the diagram look right in relative terms and then scale, zoom, adjust the page breaks and margins and so on. I can't think of a reason why I would ever want to do what you have described. I think we are talking about two different paradigms.

I don't mean to sound discouraging, but it might be so if you think you need many changes.  I just hope they keep making it compatible with future OS changes.

Dia gets used for some things you might not expect that probably get more attention from the sort of power users Dia has attracted. You can make Dia write code based on the diagram.  People have done this so that specific forms of "flowcharts" can automatically create functional scripts. I here talk about using Python for this code writing. Don't ask me how this is done, I just use Dia to make explanatory drawings for presentation, and for note taking and other documentation where graphics are helpful.

Mike

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 3:14 AM, Chris Anandam <chrisaanandam gmail com> wrote:

Good Day Members,

Firstly I would like to say that I just found this software and really
enjoy using it.

One issue is that I have previously used Visio that has a Size and
Position window.
Can this be also included into the "right click" properties windows if
a selected object?

Using the mouse and viewing the position and size (on the bottom left)
is abit difficult to setup accurately the size and position. I find
entering the exact co-odinates to be quicker and more easier.

Thank You for a great product.

Regards
Chris,
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