Crazy yellow circle

[Kevin Steele]

I should add that holding down the option key while creating a line will 
turn off the highlighting and not allow connections.

- Kevin

On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Kevin Steele wrote:

> Hi Howard,
>
> I didn't get the screenshot, but I'll take a guess at what it was.  The 
> yellow highlighting is used to indicate that a connection will be made 
> to that graphic if you click at the current mouse location. (it uses 
> the same highlight color as selection in text editing, so not everyone 
> will be seeing yellow).
>
> There are two changes that I'm making right now that should help out.
> 	1)  You can set the line to not "allow connections" on the Magnet 
> Info pane, but it still shows the highlighting as if it was still going 
> to make connections.  I'm putting in a fix so that the highlighting 
> will only show up if connections are allowed.
> 	2)  I'm mixing some transparency into the highlight color so that 
> it won't completely obscure what's beneath it.
>
> Best Regards,
> Kevin Steele
>
> On Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 04:10 AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:
>
>> Attached is a screen shot showing a bold yellow circle.  I don't know 
>> what it is for, but it makes it hard to draw lines.  This appears when 
>> I select the line tool and get near another object.  The yellow circle 
>> obscures other lines making it difficult to begin the line at a 
>> precise location. Also, this yellow circle jumps on it's own to nearby 
>> objects, even though snap to grid is off.
>>
>> Howard Kaufman
>>
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