Pinning ends and Line styles

[Paolo F Cantoni]

I posted about being able to select a single segment of a multisegment line as the only part to move.

That got me thinking about the Pinning Ends problem.  It does seem (not fully tested) that pinning either end will change the line style to "Custom".  However, when that happens, the behaviour of the multi-segment line is different from the behaviour exhibited under the original line style.

It seems to me that some line styles have a "defined" pinned end (the lateral and tree ones for example).  So you can't change the destination end pinning.  However, even for these, the origin should be pinnable.  For the orthogonal styles, either or both ends should be pinnable.

Thoughts?  (before I submit a feature request)
Paolo

[skiwi]

Absolutely
I particularly don't like a (hidden) side effect of changing the line type.


Actually while on the subject there is an Options > Link for "New Connector Endpoints".
I have it sent to Centre-to-Centre

Center to center

Select this radio button to set the orientation of the dashed guide line for new connectors to anchor on the center of the source element and, as you approach the target element, the center of that element. The guide line displays both when you are dragging the Quick Linker arrow and when you have dragged a connector icon from the Diagram Toolbox.

But as far as I can see it doesn't work, or at least work well.
I'd like the option to be extended to add the centre of a side, rather than the centre of the artefact.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Absolutely
I particularly don't like a (hidden) side effect of changing the line type.


Actually while on the subject there is an Options > Link for "New Connector Endpoints".
I have it sent to Centre-to-Centre

Center to center

Select this radio button to set the orientation of the dashed guide line for new connectors to anchor on the center of the source element and, as you approach the target element, the center of that element. The guide line displays both when you are dragging the Quick Linker arrow and when you have dragged a connector icon from the Diagram Toolbox.

But as far as I can see it doesn't work, or at least work well.
I'd like the option to be extended to add the centre of a side, rather than the centre of the artefact.

+1

Paolo

[Eve]

I have it sent to Centre-to-Centre

Center to center

Select this radio button to set the orientation of the dashed guide line for new connectors to anchor on the center of the source element and, as you approach the target element, the center of that element. The guide line displays both when you are dragging the Quick Linker arrow and when you have dragged a connector icon from the Diagram Toolbox.

But as far as I can see it doesn't work, or at least work well.
I'd like the option to be extended to add the centre of a side, rather than the centre of the artefact.

"Center to center" doesn't change the guide-line. With that option set, all newly created connectors will be positioned from the center of one object to the center of the other.
In contrast, "Exact placement" means that the connector goes from the point you started on the first object, to the point you ended on the target object. When using the quicklinker you don't select a start position. It will always be the center. The end position still applies.