[[ Bug 20286 ]] Add tool property of image - EXPERIMENT #5829
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This patch is an experiment to see how well a tool property of images would work. As posed, it is quite straight-forward, but there are some details to pin down. For example, when should the image's tool be used? How should the IDE use it in edit mode - should it? At the moment tool property of an image can only be 'pencil' and that overrides any global tool other than 'help'. This means that if an image has its tool property set in the IDE, in both browse and edit mode the image is editable. Also, cursor changes don't currently occur which makes it even more confusing. (Although this is just an experiment - so I've not poked too deeply!)
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There's another question here over the paint-specific tool state... Should this be replicated at the image level? Or is using the global properties okay (at least in the first instance) - e.g. the brush etc. |
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I wonder if it might be better to change the behavior of those tools by adding an |
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That doesn't solve the 'editing an image in a group' problem; nor the 'if in pencil tool, I can edit any top-level non-referenced image' problem... |
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Hmm... Doesn't it solve both those? |
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Ah - sorry - I misunderstood - so editImage would be an image reference? |
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Yep |
This patch is an experiment to see how well a tool property of images
would work.
As posed, it is quite straight-forward, but there are some details to
pin down. For example, when should the image's tool be used? How should
the IDE use it in edit mode - should it?
At the moment tool property of an image can only be 'pencil' and that
overrides any global tool other than 'help'. This means that if an
image has its tool property set in the IDE, in both browse and edit
mode the image is editable.
Also, cursor changes don't currently occur which makes it even more
confusing. (Although this is just an experiment - so I've not poked
too deeply!)