First, DIA is awesome. It saved me much time creating a presentation
for some of the people here.
Now, my question.
Would it be possible to change the dia user interface so that you can
drag and drop shapes onto the diagram?
This simplfies things for the user.
Almost all of the tools in the tool box could disappear.
No need for a selector (arrow), just click on an object to select it.
The box, circle, line, and text could be the "Default" toolkit.
I find myself doing the following alot:
1) Select a new object from the tool box.
2) Drop it on the canvas.
3) Click on the object to edit it, instead drop another object.
4) Switch to the pointer.
5) Select the mis-dropped object.
6) Delete the misdropped object.
7) Edit the properties of the correct object.
8) Goto 1.
This could be attributed to user stupidity, but I want to edit an object
as soon as I place it, and dia makes this tedious.
(If I fix the diagram now, I won't forget to do it later.)
So, my proposed procedure is:
1) Click on an object in tool box.
2) Drag it to the canvas and drop it.
3) Select the object.
4) Move it or edit the properties.
Visio2000 does the drag and drop, and it seems like a good idea.
--Phil
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