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Annoying problem when selecting with bounding box...
Most applications will automatically scroll horizontally or vertically when selecting an area with the cursor by drawing a bounding box. However Balsamiq has an annoying problem that causes the selection to halt when it goes outside of the balsamiq viewport boundaries. In order to select what I want I need to scroll the window so the entire thing I want to select is inside the viewport.
Is is possible to allow the window to scroll so we can boundary select something that is partially off screen?
I would imagine this would be a big deal for someone trying to edit a mockup that was drawn on a larger display.
Is is possible to allow the window to scroll so we can boundary select something that is partially off screen?
I would imagine this would be a big deal for someone trying to edit a mockup that was drawn on a larger display.
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Inappropriate?Yes, I am halfway through the implementation of this, but it's tricky so I want to take the time to do it right. Thanks for reporting it!
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Inappropriate?OK, I have spent days on this one, including restarting from scratch 3 times. I have a working implementation of it, but I'm not 100% satisfied with it. There are limitations of Flash and AIR which prevent me from making this as "smooth" as I want it to be. I believe what I have is 90% there and thus much better than not having the feature, but I'd like your opinion on it before shipping it to the masses. If you have some time I would appreciate it if you could try it here: http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mock...
The limitations I know of but cannot fix:
- drag outside, then back inside without lifting the mouse. In the Desktop version, the mouse pointer will not change as you move over things and you might not be able to select shapes properly. Workaround: move your mouse out of the app and over it again, or switch to another app and switch back. I know, black magic. Note that this only happens in the Desktop version, the web versions are fine (it's a bug with AIR) :(
- drag the mouse outside, then release it while outside. See what happens. Workaround: move the mouse back over the app
The first one is the one I'm most concerned about, as it might get annoying in the long term and the workaround is not obvious.
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
I’m unsure
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Inappropriate?OK, I have added support for resizing and selecting past the top and left borders as well. Move is left, and it looks like it's going to be even harder. But we'll get there...
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