S0S Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Ha...ha...this has to be the funniest thing I've seen in a while on these forums. You actually added a tool, but now the toolbar is off and left with a vacant space. The arrow concept is great, but why not just create one using 3 lines? Good tool anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 22, 2005 Share Posted October 22, 2005 Arrows can be drawn in GDI+ just by setting properties of the Pen object that is used to draw the GraphicsPath object. No need for special math We don't have the ability to draw arrows yet because we don't have a widget for configuring the GDI+ Pen's properties beyond specifying its size. We might do this once we have a better toolbar system in place (after we migrate to .NET 2.0). 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...
Neil Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 This is pretty funny stuff. Next there will be a happy face tool. (that would fill the gap) lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 SOS and Neil, the ability to draw arrows is actually pretty useful. I've needed this on several occasions where I've taken a screenshot and needed to type text and then have an arrow pointing to what I'm annotating. 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...
S0S Posted October 23, 2005 Author Share Posted October 23, 2005 True, it was my initial reaction when I saw the picture though, I thought "there is just an empty space and no extra tool?!" I would just make an arrow with 3 lines, but a custom tool wouldn't be that bad. Also, Neil that happy face idea is crazy ha..ha..good stuff. (Wouldn't that make Paint.NET stand out from the average image editor application :shock: ) I could see the comments on that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 I wasn't saying the arrow idea was a bad one. I think it would be somewhat useful to some people. Instead of a happy face tool (I hope you know that I was being sarcastic) I would love a TRIANGLE TOOL, that would be useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 There's already a happy face tool, in a way Start up the Text Tool and instead of typing some text, press Alt+1, or Alt+2. (That's using the standard Windows input scheme for typing extended characters, btw -- we didn't write that functionality ourselves. Character codes 1 and 2 just happen to be smiley faces in many fonts) 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...
Neil Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Umm, that doesn't seem to work with any font. It doesn't even work in Word. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 *shrug* Works fine here. 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...
Crazy Man Dan Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Make sure you're using the 1 and 2 keys on the number pad. The 1 and 2 keys across the top of the keyboard don't work. They have different Character Codes from the ones on the keypad. Quote I am not a mechanism, I am part of the resistance; I am an organism, an animal, a creature, I am a beast. ~ Becoming the Archetype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Well, now it works. I was using my laptop so I didn't think to use the num pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morca67 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 The Arrow Line is a power tool for me Please add this function. Please~Please~Please~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Don't worry, it's on the charts for our next release. 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...
Sidcup Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Rick, While you are at it, please consider a line tool that will make it possible to draw lines and arrows of various thicknesses and styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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