MJW Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm going to repost this suggestion, because no one responded with either agreement or criticism when I posted it last February. The issue with DoubeSliders is significant, at least to me. Yesterday I was using my Paste From Clipboard plugin with a fairly large canvas. I noticed that with the current three-decimal-place precision of the location control, a singe click moved the pasted image more than a pixel. I immediately considered increasing the number of decimal places, but if I did, using the increment on small canvases would be frustrating, because the image would hardly move at all with each click. I often encounter this problem with plugin whose controls require fine adjustments. My original suggestion: Quote Double sliders have three values by which they can change: the UpDown increment, the small slider change, and the large slider change. Clicking the UpDown control adds or subtracts the increment. I would like to see the DoubleSlider control modified so that holding down the shift key while clicking would change the control by the small change, and holding down the control key while clicking would cause it to change by the large change. There are many cases when the slider control precision has to be quite small (such as 4 decimal places) in some circumstances. Unless the increment is equally small, the only way to enter precise values is to type them in. However this often results in clicks for the typical circumstances producing almost no noticeable change. The proposed change would allow the rough position to be reached quickly, while still allowing precise adjustments. It would not affect the use of the control unless the user knowingly held down the shift or control key, so it would be unlikely to confuse a naive user. Another, perhaps more straightforward, solution is to move by ten times the increment when the shift key is pressed, and 100 times the increment when the control key is pressed (and perhaps 1000 times the increment when both are pressed). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Okay I don't remember the original post, but I've filed a bug to remind myself to look into this. Thanks! Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 Thank you for considering this, Rick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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