0012277: Simplify UI of even-odd vs. nonzero filling rules

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0012277	Scribus	Shape Drawing	public	2014-04-23 23:25	2019-12-08 21:24

Reporter	Pancho	Assigned To	ale
Priority	normal	Severity	feature	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	1.4.3
Fixed in Version	1.5.6.svn

Summary	0012277: Simplify UI of even-odd vs. nonzero filling rules
Description	The concepts of even-odd vs. nonzero filling rules are very complex. So is the tooltip. Nobody is going to understand from the mathematical definition what it is about. So don't we rather want just a few words (and icons) helping the user identify what they might be looking for? Building upon good practice from Inkscape, I'd propose the following tooltip texts: "Even-odd rule: Any path self-intersections or enclosed subpaths create holes in the fill." "Non-zero winding rule: Fill is solid unless an enclosed subpath is counterdirectional." I'd also propose using simple icons as present in Inkscape.
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Patch

Pancho 2014-04-23 23:25 reporter	even-odd-inkscape.png (6,908 bytes) even-odd-inkscape.png (6,908 bytes)

Pancho 2014-04-23 23:25 reporter	nonzero-inkscape.png (6,281 bytes) nonzero-inkscape.png (6,281 bytes)

Pancho 2014-04-23 23:26 reporter	even-odd-karbon.png (7,947 bytes) even-odd-karbon.png (7,947 bytes)

christoph_s 2014-04-24 05:52 developer ~0031799	You're absolutely right. I even refused to translate this because it's much too complicated. However, we're in string-freeze for 1.4.4, so if there will be a 1.4.5, I'll change it according to your suggestions. And it will be changed in 1.5.x/1.6.x once the new PP has been designed.

Kunda 2016-04-25 04:58 updater ~0040456	Christoph, we assigning this to 1.4.7svn ?

ale 2019-11-09 11:33 manager ~0047045	resolved with 15811

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2014-04-23 23:25	Pancho	New Issue
2014-04-23 23:25	Pancho	File Added: even-odd-inkscape.png
2014-04-23 23:25	Pancho	File Added: nonzero-inkscape.png
2014-04-23 23:26	Pancho	File Added: even-odd-karbon.png
2014-04-24 05:52	christoph_s	Note Added: 0031799
2014-04-24 05:52	christoph_s	Assigned To	=> christoph_s
2014-04-24 05:52	christoph_s	Status	new => acknowledged
2016-04-25 04:58	Kunda	Note Added: 0040456
2019-09-06 17:20	ale	Relationship added	related to 0015811
2019-11-09 11:33	ale	Assigned To	christoph_s => ale
2019-11-09 11:33	ale	Status	acknowledged => resolved
2019-11-09 11:33	ale	Resolution	open => fixed
2019-11-09 11:33	ale	Fixed in Version	=> 1.5.6.svn
2019-11-09 11:33	ale	Note Added: 0047045
2019-12-08 21:24	cbradney	Status	resolved => closed