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Remove StatusBar, replace with discoverable tooltips on overlay #117

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Alecaddd opened this issue Mar 6, 2019 · 7 comments
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Remove StatusBar, replace with discoverable tooltips on overlay #117

Alecaddd opened this issue Mar 6, 2019 · 7 comments

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Alecaddd commented Mar 6, 2019

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The purpose of the Bottom StatusBar was to have a place to list "tips and hints" for tools, not easily discoverable via accelerators.
For example, when the user selects the Rectangle Tool, the follow message will appear: Hold **Ctrl** to keep a 1:1 ratio of width and height | Hold **Shift** to grow from center point

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  • Removing the StatusBar to have a cleaner UI and gain more space.
  • Show the "hints" as an overlay widget in the bottom left corner of the Canvas area.
  • Allow users to hide the "hints" from the Preferences Panel (great for expert users who don't need "tutoring")

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@Alecaddd Alecaddd added this to the v1.0 milestone Mar 6, 2019
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This should be very easy to implement now since the Canvas has an OverlayBar can be activated/deactivated with the canvas_notification signal.

@Alecaddd Alecaddd modified the milestones: v0.0.1, v0.1.0 Jul 12, 2020
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Moving the target milestone to Beta since we don't have enough shortcuts for our drawing tools to justify this implementation right now.

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jubalh commented Mar 21, 2021

Hi! I took a look at good first issues and so found this. But when i use the rectangle tool (insert -> shapes -> rectangle) I don't see the bottom StatusBar. Any hints for a new user?

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It hasn't been implemented yet

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jubalh commented Mar 21, 2021

:D Then maybe I'm misinterpreting the purpose of this issue. To me it looked that's how you do things currently and you want to remove the StatusBar in the future.

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No, sorry if it's not clear.
The status bar has been removed, but the tooltip overlay hasn't been implemented yet.
That's why nothing is visible when you select a tool.

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jubalh commented Mar 21, 2021

Oh I see. I'll read the code the next couple of days. Maybe I can find the right spot to add it.

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