Use visual/geometric bbox (as specified in Selector tool preferences) when converting to guidelines. Also, provide options to convert rectangles and 3D boxes using their bbox, too (i.e., disregarding their true shapes).

(bzr r4477)

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
index e88ba74b1..b07914265 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/inkscape-preferences.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,12 @@ void InkscapePreferences::AddGradientCheckbox(DialogPage& p, const std::string&
     p.add_line( false, "", *cb, "", _("Whether selected objects display gradient editing controls"));
 }
 
+void InkscapePreferences::AddConvertGuidesCheckbox(DialogPage& p, const std::string& prefs_path, bool def_value) {
+    PrefCheckButton* cb = Gtk::manage( new PrefCheckButton);
+    cb->init ( _("Conversion to guides uses edges instead of bounding box"), prefs_path, "convertguides", def_value);
+    p.add_line( false, "", *cb, "", _("Converting an object to guides places these along the object's true edges (imitating the object's shape), not along the bounding box."));
+}
+
 void StyleFromSelectionToTool(gchar const *prefs_path, StyleSwatch *swatch)
 {
     SPDesktop *desktop = SP_ACTIVE_DESKTOP;
@@ -374,9 +380,11 @@ void InkscapePreferences::initPageTools()
     //Rectangle
     this->AddPage(_page_rectangle, _("Rectangle"), iter_shapes, PREFS_PAGE_TOOLS_SHAPES_RECT);
     this->AddNewObjectsStyle(_page_rectangle, "tools.shapes.rect");
+    this->AddConvertGuidesCheckbox(_page_rectangle, "tools.shapes.rect", true);
     //3D box
     this->AddPage(_page_3dbox, _("3D Box"), iter_shapes, PREFS_PAGE_TOOLS_SHAPES_3DBOX);
     this->AddNewObjectsStyle(_page_3dbox, "tools.shapes.3dbox");
+    this->AddConvertGuidesCheckbox(_page_3dbox, "tools.shapes.3dbox", true);
     //ellipse
     this->AddPage(_page_ellipse, _("Ellipse"), iter_shapes, PREFS_PAGE_TOOLS_SHAPES_ELLIPSE);
     this->AddNewObjectsStyle(_page_ellipse, "tools.shapes.arc");