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| author | bulia byak <buliabyak@gmail.com> | 2006-05-08 20:25:44 +0000 |
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| committer | buliabyak <buliabyak@users.sourceforge.net> | 2006-05-08 20:25:44 +0000 |
| commit | b6853e26db13126f9139c8edb5e15928758b6813 (patch) | |
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update keys for 0.44
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diff --git a/doc/keys.html b/doc/keys.html index a64bffe8a..2a340270b 100644 --- a/doc/keys.html +++ b/doc/keys.html @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ It is generated automatically from doc/keys.xml by doc/keys-html.xsl. .note {padding-left: 50px; font-size: 70%} h1 {margin-top: 0.5em; padding-left: 50px; padding-bottom: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em; letter-spacing: -0.02em} h4 {font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; margin-top: 1em; padding-left: 50px; padding-bottom: 0em; margin-bottom: 0em} -</style></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p>Unless noted otherwise, keypad keys (such as arrows, Home, End, +, -, digits) are +</style></head><body bgcolor="#ffffff"><p>This document describes the default keyboard shortcuts of Inkscape, corresponding to the +share/keys/default.xml file in Inkscape distribution. Most (but not all) of these keys +are configurable by the user; see the default.xml file for details on how to do that.</p><p>Unless noted otherwise, keypad keys (such as arrows, Home, End, +, -, digits) are supposed to work the same as corresponding regular keys. If you have a new shortcut idea, please contact the developers (by writing to the <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-devel">devel mailing list</a> or by <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=93438&atid=604309">submitting an @@ -170,6 +172,16 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="e5f1e7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">If you want to have different values for grid visibility and snapping, set them via the Document Options dialog.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e5f1e7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Note that only the 3 key on the main keyboard works, not on the keypad.</span></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Palette</h1></td></tr> + +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">These keys work both in the floating palette dialog and in the palette frame at the bottom of the window.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td align="right"><span class="key">click</span></td><td><span class="action">set fill color on selection</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">set stroke color on selection</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">drag fill color to objects</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">drag stroke color to objects</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">To change fill/stroke of an object by dragging color on it, that object need not be selected.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="efcfdf"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">You can also drag colors to the Fill (F) and Stroke (S) indicators in the statusbar to change the selection.</span></td></tr> + <tr><td colspan="3"><h1>File</h1></td></tr> @@ -422,6 +434,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+[</span>, <span class="key">Alt+]</span></td><td><span class="action">rotate selection by 1 pixel</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">These commands use the rotation center, draggable in Selector (by default it's in geometric center).</span></td></tr> @@ -439,6 +452,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">clickclick</span></td><td><span class="action">edit the object</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">For paths, double clicking switches to Node tool; for shapes, to corresponding shape tool; for text, to Text tool.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">For groups, double clicking performs the "Enter group" command (the group becomes temporary layer).</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Double clicking in empty space swithes to the parent layer in the hierarchy, if any.</span></td></tr> @@ -453,6 +467,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle under</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">select under, in groups</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle under, in groups</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Enter</span></td><td><span class="action">enter group</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Backspace</span></td><td><span class="action">go to parent group/layer</span></td></tr> @@ -488,6 +504,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><h4>Scale handles</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">scale</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">scale preserving aspect ratio</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">symmetric transformation</span></td></tr> @@ -498,7 +515,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" -<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><h4>Rotation handles</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><h4>Rotation/skew handles</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">rotate or skew</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">snap skew angle</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle snaps the skew angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">snap rotation angle</span></td></tr> @@ -506,6 +524,14 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><h4>Rotation center</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">move rotation center</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Moved rotation center remembers its position for (all) selected object(s) until you reset it.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">reset rotation center</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Resetting rotation center moves it back to the geometric center of the object's or selection's bounding box.</span></td></tr> + + + <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><h4>Cancel</h4></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td align="right"><span class="key">Esc</span></td><td><span class="action">cancel rubberband, move, transformation</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eee4dc"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind.</span></td></tr> @@ -619,6 +645,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+C</span></td><td><span class="action">make cusp</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+S</span></td><td><span class="action">make smooth</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+Y</span></td><td><span class="action">make symmetric</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">When making smooth or symmetric, you can lock the position of one of the handles by hovering mouse over it.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+click</span></td><td><span class="action">toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric</span></td></tr> @@ -626,6 +653,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><h4>Join/break</h4></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+J</span></td><td><span class="action">join selected nodes</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">You can lock the position of one of the two joined nodes by hovering mouse over it.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+B</span></td><td><span class="action">break selected node(s)</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">After break, only one of each two new nodes is selected. May apply to more than one node.</span></td></tr> @@ -634,8 +662,13 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><h4>Delete, create, duplicate</h4></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Backspace</span>, <span class="key">Del</span></td><td><span class="action">delete selected node(s)</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Backspace</span>, +<span class="key">Ctrl+Del</span></td><td><span class="action">delete without preserving shape</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Deleting without Ctrl adjusts handles on the remaining nodes to preserve the shape of the curve as much as possible.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Deleting with Ctrl does not touch the remaining nodes.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+Alt+click</span></td><td><span class="action">create/delete node</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Ctrl+Alt+click on a node deletes it; Ctrl+Alt+click on the path between nodes creates a new node in the click point.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Deleting nodes this way always tries to preserve the shape of the curve (same as Del/Backspace).</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">clickclick</span></td><td><span class="action">create node</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Double clicking on the path between nodes creates a node in the click point.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="f9f1d9"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ins</span></td><td><span class="action">insert new node(s)</span></td></tr> @@ -823,7 +856,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="e7e9f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+click</span></td><td><span class="action">zoom out</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7e9f3"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">zoom into the area</span></td></tr> -<tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Freehand tool</h1></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Pencil tool</h1></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e9efc5"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">draw a freehand line</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e9efc5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">add to selected path</span></td></tr> @@ -831,7 +864,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="e9efc5"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">temporarily disable snapping</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e9efc5"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Shift also temporaily disables snapping to grid or guides when you are drawing with grid or guides on.</span></td></tr> -<tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Bezier (Pen) tool</h1></td></tr> +<tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Pen (Bezier) tool</h1></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Create nodes</h4></td></tr> @@ -842,15 +875,29 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">create a bezier node with two handles</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">move only one handle</span></td></tr> -<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">This moves only one handle (instead of both) to create a cusp node.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">This moves only one handle (instead of both) while creating a node, making it cusp.</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+mouse drag</span></td><td><span class="action">snap the handle to angle steps</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">The default angle step is 15 degrees.</span></td></tr> -<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Create segments</h4></td></tr> -<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+</span></td><td><span class="action">snap the segment to angle steps</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Move last node</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">These commands move the last created node (at the start of the red segment) while creating a path.</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">arrows</span></td><td><span class="action">move last node by the nudge distance</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+arrows</span></td><td><span class="action">move last node by 10x nudge distance</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+arrows</span></td><td><span class="action">move last node by 1 pixel</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Alt+Shift+arrows</span></td><td><span class="action">move last node by 10 pixels</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</span></td></tr> + + + +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Create/modify segments</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Ctrl+</span></td><td><span class="action">snap last segment to angle steps</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+L</span></td><td><span class="action">make last segment line</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+U</span></td><td><span class="action">make last segment curve</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">These commands change the last (red) segment of the path to straight line or curve.</span></td></tr> @@ -862,8 +909,9 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" -<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Keyboard</h4></td></tr> -<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Esc</span></td><td><span class="action">cancel current line</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td colspan="3"><h4>Cancel</h4></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Esc</span>, +<span class="key">Ctrl+z</span></td><td><span class="action">cancel current line</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e7f5d7"><td align="right"><span class="key">Backspace</span>, <span class="key">Del</span></td><td><span class="action">erase last segment of current line</span></td></tr> @@ -875,6 +923,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="e9dfef"><td align="right"><span class="key">Up arrow</span>, <span class="key">Down arrow</span></td><td><span class="action">adjust pen angle</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="e9dfef"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">Width and angle can be adjusted while drawing. </span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="e9dfef"><td align="right"><span class="key">Esc</span></td><td><span class="action">deselect</span></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="3"><h1>Gradient tool</h1></td></tr> @@ -975,7 +1024,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"><tr><td colspan=" <tr bgcolor="eefdf3"><td colspan="3"><h4>Text on path</h4></td></tr> -<tr bgcolor="eefdf3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+D</span></td><td><span class="action">select path</span></td></tr> +<tr bgcolor="eefdf3"><td align="right"><span class="key">Shift+D</span></td><td><span class="action">select path from text</span></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="eefdf3"><td colspan="3"><span class="note">To find out which path this text is put on, select it and press Shift+D. The path will be selected.</span></td></tr> diff --git a/doc/keys.xml b/doc/keys.xml index f566480b4..0c4dc9199 100644 --- a/doc/keys.xml +++ b/doc/keys.xml @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ <root xmlns="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/keys"> +<p>This document describes the default keyboard shortcuts of Inkscape, corresponding to the +share/keys/default.xml file in Inkscape distribution. Most (but not all) of these keys +are configurable by the user; see the default.xml file for details on how to do that.</p> + <p>Unless noted otherwise, keypad keys (such as arrows, Home, End, +, -, digits) are supposed to work the same as corresponding regular keys. If you have a new shortcut idea, please contact the developers (by writing to the <a @@ -150,6 +154,18 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> </section> +*<section title="Palette" color="efcfdf"> +<group> +<note>These keys work both in the floating palette dialog and in the palette frame at the bottom of the window.</note> +<mouse><key><left-click/></key> <action>set fill color on selection</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>set stroke color on selection</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>drag fill color to objects</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>drag stroke color to objects</action></mouse> +<note>To change fill/stroke of an object by dragging color on it, that object need not be selected.</note> +<note>You can also drag colors to the Fill (F) and Stroke (S) indicators in the statusbar to change the selection.</note> +</group> +</section> + </column> @@ -198,7 +214,6 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </section> - *<section title="Layers" color="f6f9d9"> <group> <keys><key><shift/><misc f="PgUp"/></key> <action>move to layer above</action></keys> @@ -411,6 +426,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <keys><key><ctrl/>[</key> <key><ctrl/>]</key> <action>rotate selection by 90 degrees</action></keys> <keys><key><alt/>[</key> <key><alt/>]</key> <action>rotate selection by 1 pixel</action></keys> <note>The actual angle for pixel rotation depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</note> +<note>These commands use the rotation center, draggable in Selector (by default it's in geometric center).</note> </group> <group> @@ -444,7 +460,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <mouse><key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>select under, in groups</action></mouse> <mouse><key><shift/><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle under, in groups</action></mouse> <keys><key><ctrl/><misc-wide f="Enter"/></key> <action>enter group</action></keys> -<keys><key><ctrl/><misc-wide f="Backspace"/></key> <action>go to parent group</action></keys> +<keys><key><ctrl/><misc-wide f="Backspace"/></key> <action>go to parent group/layer</action></keys> </group> <group> @@ -480,6 +496,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <group> <title>Scale handles</title> +<mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>scale</action></mouse> <mouse><key><ctrl/><left-drag/></key> <action>scale preserving aspect ratio</action></mouse> <!--<mouse><key><ctrl/><left-drag/></key> only smaller, keep aspect ratio--> <!-- TO BE REMOVED --> <mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>symmetric transformation</action></mouse> @@ -490,7 +507,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> <group> -<title>Rotation handles</title> +<title>Rotation/skew handles</title> +<mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>rotate or skew</action></mouse> <mouse><key><ctrl/><left-drag/></key> <action>snap skew angle</action></mouse> <note>Holding Ctrl when dragging a skew (non-corner) handle snaps the skew angle to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</note> <mouse><key><ctrl/><left-drag/></key> <action>snap rotation angle</action></mouse> @@ -498,6 +516,14 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> <group> +<title>Rotation center</title> +<mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>move rotation center</action></mouse> +<note>Moved rotation center remembers its position for (all) selected object(s) until you reset it.</note> +<mouse><key><shift/><left-click/></key> <action>reset rotation center</action></mouse> +<note>Resetting rotation center moves it back to the geometric center of the object's or selection's bounding box.</note> +</group> + +<group> <title>Cancel</title> <keys><key><misc f="Esc"/></key> <action>cancel rubberband, move, transformation</action></keys> <note>Press Esc while mouse button is still down to cancel rubberband selection, move, or transformation of any kind.</note> @@ -616,6 +642,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <keys><key><shift/>C</key> <action>make cusp</action></keys> <keys><key><shift/>S</key> <action>make smooth</action></keys> <keys><key><shift/>Y</key> <action>make symmetric</action></keys> +<note>When making smooth or symmetric, you can lock the position of one of the handles by hovering mouse over it.</note> <mouse><key><ctrl/><left-click/></key> <action>toggle smooth/cusp/symmetric</action></mouse> </group> @@ -623,6 +650,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <title>Join/break</title> <keys><key><shift/>J</key> <action>join selected nodes</action></keys> <note>This requires that exactly two end nodes within the path be selected.</note> +<note>You can lock the position of one of the two joined nodes by hovering mouse over it.</note> <keys><key><shift/>B</key> <action>break selected node(s)</action></keys> <note>After break, only one of each two new nodes is selected. May apply to more than one node.</note> </group> @@ -630,8 +658,12 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <group> <title>Delete, create, duplicate</title> <keys><key><misc-wide f="Backspace"/></key><key><misc f="Del"/></key> <action>delete selected node(s)</action></keys> +<keys><key><ctrl/><misc-wide f="Backspace"/></key><key><ctrl/><misc f="Del"/></key> <action>delete without preserving shape</action></keys> +<note>Deleting without Ctrl adjusts handles on the remaining nodes to preserve the shape of the curve as much as possible.</note> +<note>Deleting with Ctrl does not touch the remaining nodes.</note> <mouse><key><ctrl/><alt/><left-click/></key> <action>create/delete node</action></mouse> <note>Ctrl+Alt+click on a node deletes it; Ctrl+Alt+click on the path between nodes creates a new node in the click point.</note> +<note>Deleting nodes this way always tries to preserve the shape of the curve (same as Del/Backspace).</note> <mouse><key><left-click/><left-click/></key> <action>create node</action></mouse> <note>Double clicking on the path between nodes creates a node in the click point.</note> <keys><key><misc f="Ins"/></key> <action>insert new node(s)</action></keys> @@ -858,7 +890,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> </section> -*<section title="Freehand tool" color="e9efc5"> +*<section title="Pencil tool" color="e9efc5"> <group> <mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>draw a freehand line</action></mouse> <mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>add to selected path</action></mouse> @@ -868,7 +900,7 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> </section> -*<section title="Bezier (Pen) tool" color="e7f5d7"> +*<section title="Pen (Bezier) tool" color="e7f5d7"> <group> <title>Create nodes</title> @@ -879,15 +911,29 @@ RFE</a>).</p> <mouse><key><left-drag/></key> <action>create a bezier node with two handles</action></mouse> <mouse><key><shift/><left-drag/></key> <action>move only one handle</action></mouse> <!-- FIXME: also disables snapping! another conflict --> -<note>This moves only one handle (instead of both) to create a cusp node.</note> +<note>This moves only one handle (instead of both) while creating a node, making it cusp.</note> <mouse><key><ctrl/><left-drag/></key> <action>snap the handle to angle steps</action></mouse> <note>The default angle step is 15 degrees.</note> </group> <group> -<title>Create segments</title> -<keys><key><ctrl/></key> <action>snap the segment to angle steps</action></keys> +<title>Move last node</title> +<note>These commands move the last created node (at the start of the red segment) while creating a path.</note> +<mouse><key><arrows/></key> <action>move last node by the nudge distance</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><shift/><arrows/></key> <action>move last node by 10x nudge distance</action></mouse> +<note>The default nudge distance is 2 px (SVG pixel units, not screen pixels).</note> +<mouse><key><alt/><arrows/></key> <action>move last node by 1 pixel</action></mouse> +<mouse><key><alt/><shift/><arrows/></key> <action>move last node by 10 pixels</action></mouse> +<note>The actual distance for pixel movements depends on zoom level. Zoom in for finer movement.</note> +</group> + +<group> +<title>Create/modify segments</title> +<keys><key><ctrl/></key> <action>snap last segment to angle steps</action></keys> <note>This snaps the new node's angle, relative to the previous node, to angle steps (default 15 degrees).</note> +<keys><key><shift/>L</key> <action>make last segment line</action></keys> +<keys><key><shift/>U</key> <action>make last segment curve</action></keys> +<note>These commands change the last (red) segment of the path to straight line or curve.</note> </group> <group> @@ -899,8 +945,8 @@ RFE</a>).</p> </group> <group> -<title>Keyboard</title> -<keys><key><misc f="Esc"/></key> <action>cancel current line</action></keys> +<title>Cancel</title> +<keys><key><misc f="Esc"/></key><key><ctrl/>z</key> <action>cancel current line</action></keys> <keys><key><misc-wide f="Backspace"/></key><key><misc f="Del"/></key> <action>erase last segment of current line</action></keys> </group> </section> |