[Bug 186934] New: Make adding tie shapes more intuitive

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=186934

           Summary: Make adding tie shapes more intuitive
           Product: koffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: koffice@...
        ReportedBy: lemma@...


Version:           KOffice2, Beta7 (r938334) (using Devel)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

(From Bugsquad KOfficeDay2)

Using "Tie" shapes is currently a little unintuitive as you have to add the
shape before you can use it to link other shapes. It would be preferable if
adding a tie and linking two shapes with it could be done in just one step.

(Please reassign this bug to the correct product/component. I couldn't figure
out what to report it against.)

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Thomas Zander <zander@...> changed:

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          Component|general                     |flake
            Version|unspecified                 |2.0




--- Comment #1 from Thomas Zander <zander kde org>  2009-03-12 12:39:56 ---
The current way works good for some people. Its a bit of a trick for others.
I think we should research alternative methods for connecting shapes that are
discoverable for the latter group.  I do think we can have more than one way of
connecting shapes without problems.

I suggest to have a connections-tool which allows you to just click on shape
edges and that creates the connections.  One click on edge one, one click on
edge two and voila, a connection.

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[Boudewijn Rempt]

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--- Comment #2 from  <boud valdyas org>  2009-03-24 13:44:38 ---
The unintuitive part isn't having to select a connection shape and drag it onto
the canvas -- the world's most intuitive diagramming application, omnigraffle,
does exactly that: select a connection shape, drag it on the canvas, grab one
end, connect it, grab the other end, connect it.

The thing is: this system is designed for a situation where you have more than
connection shape. It looks weird because we currently have only one connection
shape instead of a rich set of connection shapes; but compared to having a
connection tool that allows you to connect two shapes & then select a
connection shape from something, it's much more usable.

What's wrong in koffice (apart from not having enough connection shapes) is
that you need to double-click the shape so the path tool gets activated. Adding
a connection tool would just mean that you need to select that tool. I think
the default tool should allow the user to drag the endpoints to the right
place. Additionally, we need much richer feedback for connection hotspots.

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David Faure <faure@...> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from David Faure <faure kde org>  2009-03-24 22:36:20 ---
I completely agree with Boud. I was looking for exactly that today, how to drag
that Tie shape in order to connect it, and I had to be told to double-click it,
on irc. It should be done by the default tool so that double-clicking isn't
necessary.

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