subtle problem with align

[David Kasprzyk]

Hi Howard, and everyone else on the Graffle list:

Sorry for the slight delay in getting back to you, but the Graffle 
mailboxes are constantly being filled with great emails, and then I've 
be busy with my Senior Space design class.  Anyways, on to the issues!

First off, in regards to your alignment problem, both the align in the 
menu and in the info panel are working properly.  What I think was 
giving you the impression that the info panel is not working is the 
Alignment Point control.

You can use the alignment point to control which point on a shape will 
be used as a reference for alignment.  In your case, I have a feeling 
that one of the points on the left side was highlighted when you 
selected align vertically.  This would then cause all the shapes to be 
aligned vertically, with reference to that point (in your case the left 
side).  If you select one of the center points you should get the result 
that you are expecting.

As for the line grid snapping issue, we have been able to recreate this 
issue, and it should be fixed in the next beta release of OmniGraffle 
2.0 public beta.

If you have any further comments or questions for us or if you run into 
any more bugs, please to let us know about them and as always we will be 
happy to assist you.

Sincerely,

David Kasprzyk
support at omnigroup.com

Join the OmniGraffle Users List
http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnigraffle-users

On Sunday, January 20, 2002, at 06:48  PM, Howard Kaufman wrote:

> I have some problem with the way align is working.  It's a bit too 
> difficult to describe so I've attached a drawing with which you can 
> experience it.  The drawing represents an equipment rack and several 
> individual rack panels placed within it.  The equipment rack is a group 
> of two rectangles created to form a rough picture of the real world 
> object (admittedly coarse).  I place the individual rack panels within 
> the rack with some difficulty and then experimented with the align 
> feature.  Here is what I found.  At first I tried the info panel/align 
> vertical centers tool and found it did not align the vertical centers.  
> It did an align by left edges instead.  If I chose the same option, but 
> from the format/align menu instead, it works correctly.  So there seems 
> to be some difference between info palette align vertical centers and 
> format menu/align/vertical centers.  So it seems odd that the same 
> command, but accessed from different places would act so differently.
>
> Howard Kaufman
>
On Wednesday, January 23, 2002, at 06:08  AM, Howard Kaufman wrote:

Wow, you got a lot fixed in the new beta!  Thanks!!!

One sticking bug though that to me is super serious:  Dragging a line 
while snapping to grid is really flaky now.  It wants to snap at many 
places between grid gradations.  Only lines and not shapes exhibit this 
behavior.
   Also, nudging with up/down arrows still works correctly.  So only 
dragging lines with the mouse is flaky.

Sorry to bug you on this bug.  But Snapping to grid while dragging is 
paramount!

Howard Kaufman

_______________________________________________
OmniGraffle-Users mailing list
OmniGraffle-Users at omnigroup.com
http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/omnigraffle-users

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: text/enriched
Size: 3284 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : /mailman/archive/omnigraffle-users/attachments/20020125/be9894ba/attachment.bin