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[AGU]

[AGU]

"absolutely free" in the sense of "user-defined". Just to clarify.
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[toralf]

Yes, you were right, I misspelled a lot in that post.
I will make a note on these snap grid.
I just looked at the code, it snaps every 10 pixel. The only way around that for now is to allow MicroEditing. I do not see a quick solution for it.
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[AGU]

Ok, made some basic thoughts about it. We can maybe workaround this when SGUI provides different methods of moving controls. Well, I think I have to explain this.

Holding Ctrl while moving a control would move it 5px-wise
Holding Alt while moving a control would move it 2px-wise
Holding Shift while moving a control would move it 1px wise

*braindump*
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[toralf]

moving by 1px is no snap movement, that is free movement.
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[Rajat]

well the algorithm that calculates the current snap points can probably be easily modified to allow other snapping points beside 10, but the grid won't show the effect. just so that its clear.

and by the way, i think the current priority for me, for 4.1 would be to add support for Treeview controls. yeah, its support isn't added yet (don't know how nobody complained!).
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[AGU]

Just a *braindump* on the 'help line' (Führungslinie)

Would it be possible to adapt the vertical ruler script to let you create a line on top of your GUI draft?

Let's say you create a vertical ruler line with the exact dimensions of your GUI draft, place the line, the line stays in place and saves its x-value into a variable.
When you move your control, you would log the x-value of the mouse cursor/the left top corner of the control, and when the two x-values differ a certain amount it would automatically MouseMove to the saved x-value of the ruler line.

As said it's a rough guess.
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[toralf]

I'll look into it when time permits. But maybe someone does it before me, we'll see.
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[AGU]

btw. when do you guess will you be ready with the basic gui/new version?
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[toralf]

two or three weeks.

How many "help lines" do you think should be available? I guess minimum 4 (2 horizontal & 2 vertial). But that will not be enough to allign a complete array of controls.
But if the lines are unlimted it will be a lot of checking against all of them.

Wouldn't it be better to have these actions instead (you might know them from PowerPoint as well):
- align selected controls left/right/up/down
- make selected controls width/height equal
- distribute selected controls equaly horizontally/vertically
My feeling is that these actions are easier to implement and better to use then the "help lines" when it comes to arranging a big number of controls. Plus it would be more flexible. Helper lines could maybe still be available but without snap. What do you think?
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[toralf]

[Thalon]

It's great that there is some real movement! Thx Toralf!

2 points:
+ Will it be possible to edit GUIs of existing scripts and save them without using all the settings and wroten lines of code?*
+ I would really like to see "Section" also available, because this is my absolut favorit way of arranging controls relative!**

I am looking forward to you first release!

Thalon

*: This is the main-reason why I build my script-GUIs still the manual way
**: The second main-reason *g*
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[toralf]

Thanks Thalon,

The second point is planed.
The first point I do not understand. Please clarify.

To make it clear. In two or three weeks I plan to have a first prototype. Which will be more or less just a GUI. I do not know how much funtionality will be in that GUI. We'll see how much I can take from version 4. Over the time we (yes all of you) can help to add functions. Even if you do not write code, you can work out algorithms (not just giving an hint for a new feature), describe them clearly (!!!) (what comes in, what is exacty done, what goes out, when does it start, how is it triggered, what are the limitations, etc.), create icons for the button, etc.. Then I can code and implement them if you do not want to get into the code.
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[majkinetor]

Hi there

Is it possible for you to do following changes to SGC 4:

Selection, resize & movement of controls via mouse, like in all developers. It is not practical like this.
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