08-19-2025, 06:54 PM
rich2005: Ah, I see. I'll look into it - thanks! The UI is definitely early, and we have a pending merge request for the text tool UI that should help (the vector layer code shares the same widgets with the text tool, so improving one improves the other).
Ofnuts: Much appreciated!
Ofnuts: Much appreciated!
- During design, we had notes about making the vector layers more obvious in the dock. I think we just need someone to make a vector layers icon, and then we can add it as an indicator.
- Hmm - I'll look into that.
- For now, you can double-click the icon in the dockable and pull up a dialogue to swap paths. That was how it was originally edited in the 2006 code. I ported most of it to the path tool, but that part didn't make the jump yet.
- I agree - the warning is a stopgap measure. The trouble is that right now, any transform (like moving) re-renders the vector layer, so it's easier to lose the edits. It may require some code changes to reduce re-rendering and thus the chance of losing your edits unintentionally.
- Fair point! Fortunately an easy wording change.
- That's the question we're hoping to answer once 3.1.4 goes out and more people can test. We want to avoid a repeat of the issues with NDE filters and copy/paste changing behaviors people rely on.
- Sounds like a bug - I'll try to replicate and fix. Thanks for the heads-up!