Parts should have a selectionShape

[davidperrenoud]

From dirk.van...@gmail.com on December 06, 2007 07:23:41

Parts should have an outer shape.
This outer border shape should not necessarily be the same as the bounding box.

This outer shape will be used when drawing a selection ring around a part
or when drawing the dragged ghost image indicating where the dropped part
will be placed.

Also this outer shape does not necessarily have to contain all the inner
elements of a part. E.g. a part could have strange long wires or hairs
coming out of it; then the outer shape doesn't have to encompass all of
these hairs.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/fritzing/issues/detail?id=52

[davidperrenoud]

From dirk.van...@gmail.com on December 24, 2007 02:32:08

There are two shapes:

1. the selectionShape (a polygon shape drawn as a shadow to indicate the drop
   destination of the part)
2. a boundingBox (a rectangle for the drawing mechanism to know which area of the
   screen to redraw in case of an update)

Status: Accepted

[davidperrenoud]

From dirk.van...@gmail.com on December 24, 2007 02:32:40

Summary: Parts should have a selectionShape

[davidperrenoud]

From dirk.van...@gmail.com on January 18, 2008 01:44:43

Owner: co...@irascible.com
Cc: -co...@irascible.com dirk.van.oosterbosch

[davidperrenoud]

From irasc...@gmail.com on June 07, 2013 23:25:15

comments 4 and up are actually a separate issue #2611

[davidperrenoud]

From irasc...@gmail.com on June 07, 2013 23:27:10

Labels: -Priority-Medium Priority-Low

[failiz]

remove imported label

[KjellMorgenstern]

#2609 uses the parts shape, not the bounding box. Isn't this a duplicate?

[failiz]

It looks like a duplicate, but I cannot observe this behavior implemented. All the parts that I tried use the bounding box for selection. This is obvious in non rectangular shapes, for example holes, linear potentiometer, coils, etc.

[KjellMorgenstern]

Indeed although #2609 was closed, it is not implemented, or at least not used. And it might make it easier to select parts in many cases.