Tool options persistence

[tkyler]

For the following tools, I would like to suggest tool option persistence between tool use.

• Insert Bitmap (IM)
• Rotate (RO)
• Scale (SZ)

1) for example, when importing an image, the "link width/height" option is off by default, but 99 times out of 100, we'd want that option checked by default. I'd like to check it and have it always checked until I change it.

2) When using the rotate/scale tool and desiring to " <action>.....by mouse"....then every time I execute the tool, I have go check this box. On a 40" monitor, this is a lot of screen real-estate to traverse when rotating multiple entities in succession, which is a frequent enough operation IMO. My favorite feature of QCAD is its two-letter shortcuts, because it means I don't have to move the mouse all over the place to implement functionality, but this lack of persistence for these tools somewhat betrays that mantra.

These are minimal changes I'd agree, just polish points on an already fantastic application.

-tkyler

[andrew]

Thanks. This is all on the Apple M1/M2/M3 platform, right?

Bug report under:
https://www.qcad.org/bugtracker/index.p ... sk_id=2525

[CVH]

Hi,

For 1 you probably mean the Keep Proportional option, keep aspect ratio, the chain icon.
Well ... for so far that I know the state of that is preserved persistent between usages.
Or it should be or it was like that ... For a Windows OS installation that is.
The option state is stored in QCAD3.ini/config > header [Image] > KeepProportions=true(false)

For your RO and SZ issue that is just the same.
In both tools the "by mouse" setting should be preserved between usages.
Although I came across a suggestion on Bugtracker where Andrew states that NOT preserving this state is intended behavior.
https://qcad.org/bugtracker/index.php?d ... sk_id=2503
You may read my reply there and I even presume the it was an FS entered by you on 11.11.2023

But we can dig deeper ...
When using the dialog with RO it is initiated by Rotate.prototype.showDialog(...)
https://github.com/qcad/qcad/blob/maste ... te.js#L196
One line 198 it reloads the preserved settings and on line 227 it preserves the last used settings.
Altering states is by slot change functions at the bottom.
Without using the dialog that is not different.

We can look this up in the same way for SZ and IM

So ... It was common that such are stored persitent.
Andrew said that NOT storing is the intended behaviour (FS2503)
And now I see that it might be broken for macOS M1/M2/M3 while previewing my reply.


Regards,
CVH

[andrew]

tkyler: I can confirm the problem on the M1/M2/M3 platform. This has been fixed for the next release.

[CVH]

Tom,
Persistent preserving these options was and is still the intended behavior.
Now fixed for MacOS and Andrew also closed FS#2503 (11.11.2023) as "Implemented" after my PM that FS#2503 === FS#2525.

So it should be fixed for MacOS in the upcoming release and or snapshot.

Regards,
CVH

[tkyler]

Thank you Andrew / CVH

I was traveling on business for a bit and just now back. Thx for that fix, I'll download the latest and keep on moving

TomK