Misc UI Improvements
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2015 2:07 pm
Just started toying with OWM, and a few things jump out at me. Most of these are pretty minor though, in general OWM is working pretty well for me:
An option to auto-select the feature you just placed. I kept expecting the properties pane to affect the last feature I placed. It seems OWM expects you to set up your object properties, then place the object, which seems backwards to me.
Keyboard shortcuts for at least the most basic tools - I kept trying to use Space to switch to the Select tool, which was really disruptive.
Grouped objects should maybe show as a group in the Layer pane? That might cause issues with the existing type-based hierarchy though.
When drawing a shape, some amount of snapping to the origin point would make closing the shape a lot easier.
It's pretty standard for SHIFT+Click to be "add to selection", ALT-Click to be "remove from selection", and CTRL-Click to be "add/remove from selection". Looks like only CTRL-Click works that way right now.
I feel like the fractal factor should somehow scale with the length of the path section. I've got a few spots where I had to lay down a few path sections in a small area to route a road around an obstacle, and those sections end up much more detailed than the remainder of the road, which sometimes looks a little goofy.
It seems to be almost impossible to edit the bezier control points after using the bezier fractal pen. The bezier control points get lost among the path points, making them very hard to pick out. Also, it seems odd to me that, in general, you have to choose to edit "path points" in order to edit a bezier's control points. Maybe just a nomenclature difference.
An option to auto-select the feature you just placed. I kept expecting the properties pane to affect the last feature I placed. It seems OWM expects you to set up your object properties, then place the object, which seems backwards to me.
Keyboard shortcuts for at least the most basic tools - I kept trying to use Space to switch to the Select tool, which was really disruptive.
Grouped objects should maybe show as a group in the Layer pane? That might cause issues with the existing type-based hierarchy though.
When drawing a shape, some amount of snapping to the origin point would make closing the shape a lot easier.
It's pretty standard for SHIFT+Click to be "add to selection", ALT-Click to be "remove from selection", and CTRL-Click to be "add/remove from selection". Looks like only CTRL-Click works that way right now.
I feel like the fractal factor should somehow scale with the length of the path section. I've got a few spots where I had to lay down a few path sections in a small area to route a road around an obstacle, and those sections end up much more detailed than the remainder of the road, which sometimes looks a little goofy.
It seems to be almost impossible to edit the bezier control points after using the bezier fractal pen. The bezier control points get lost among the path points, making them very hard to pick out. Also, it seems odd to me that, in general, you have to choose to edit "path points" in order to edit a bezier's control points. Maybe just a nomenclature difference.