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Working with stamps
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(03-16-2021, 08:43 AM)Zubersoft Wrote:
The dropdown for stamps contains a number of different UI elements that are not in the popup version of the window, including the preview at the top and all of the settings at the bottom. I don't want to make this entire dropdown movable, because it blocks far too much of the screen. If you are just looking for a shortcut to pop up the movable version of the window, I'm fine with providing that. The other thing I'm considering is only having one version of the stamps popup (so the toolbar will just display the same window as the radial menu), but the preview at the top will become collapseable along with the settings at the bottom so that you can still access those if needed, but they will be hidden to reduce the window height otherwise. One of the nice things about having a separate dropdown from the movable window is that you can use the collapsed version of the stamps window, but if you need to quickly change settings and you don't want to use the radial menu, you can just view the stamps dropdown and change the settings there. I am not opposed to adding a "Add to favorites" context menu option in the stamps window, but that will be equivalent to selecting the stamp and then hitting the + button on the favorites window. View file information is not relevant for the built-in stamps - there is no file tied to them (they are tied to a music font packaged with the application), so I'm not sure why you want to see that. That option only applies to custom user stamps.
So my main question here is - do you want the dropdown to have a shortcut to bring up the movable version of the stamp window (so that access to the stamps settings remains in the dropdown), or do you want there to just be one single stamps window but I will have to make the top and bottom sections of it collapsable? Obviously if you collapse the stamp window down to the vertical list, you'd have to expand it before expanding the top or bottom sections, so that could be very tedious versus having quick access to those settings in the dropdown.

Mike

Thanks Mike, having only one version was what I also had in mind so that the top and radial menu were more consistent. I like your idea of having the settings and preview collapsible and since you don't need much room for the preview, perhaps it could be all included in one common area if the controls are a bit squeezed?  That would also make the whole window less tall.
Overall I prefer the way the radial menu handles it but bypassing the separate settings that appear when hitting the stamp tool in the circle, going directly to the popup that I can reposition and collapse to one column. And then just add the access to the settings and preview by expanding the bottom area. That could be the same for the top menu and for the radial.
The separate controls for size, opacity etc. in the radial could still be accessible from the outer circle arrow similar to the way settings are handled in other tools.

Regarding "Add to favorites" you are right that one can use the + in the favorites window or the command bar (which I love BTW).  I just thought that it made sense to have it in the stamp itself.
Nevermind the "view information", of course that would be only for the imported custom stamps.
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Messages In This Thread
Working with stamps - by palosanto - 03-16-2021, 05:45 AM
RE: Working with stamps - by Zubersoft - 03-16-2021, 08:43 AM
RE: Working with stamps - by palosanto - 03-16-2021, 09:40 AM
RE: Working with stamps - by Zubersoft - 03-16-2021, 10:51 AM
RE: Working with stamps - by palosanto - 03-16-2021, 12:05 PM



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