On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:43:21 -0500 "Margaret and George McIntosh" <tenbear at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> On 2 Jan 2011 at 11:20, a.l.e wrote: > > > hi, > > > > > On 01/01/2011 12:00 PM, Margaret and George McIntosh wrote: > > > > I put in a feature request (#9581) to center the selected > > frame > > > > after zooming in. I often zoom in to a frame after selecting it. > > I > > > > usually have to recenter the frame on the screen and often it > > has > > > > even gone off screen and I have to find it. I think it would be > > > > George > > > > > > > > > I think that some kind of augmented centering would be useful. > > > > > > One might consider either having a menu item/keystroke to use to > > > center a selected object, or perhaps just being able to grab the > > page > > > with the mouse and move it would not only be as good, but > > perhaps > > > even better. > > > > currently, working with > > > > - ctrl-mouse wheel to zoom > > - mouse wheel for vertical scrolling > > - shift-mouse wheel for horizontal scrolling (or horizontal > > scrolling directly if you have a "good" mouse) > > > > works fairly good. > > > > but some shortcuts like the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in inkscape would be > > welcome! > > > > ciao > > a.l.e > > > Thanks for your comments. > I do most of my work on my laptop, no mouse, just a touchpad. on most laptops you have a stripe on the right which is a scroll area. most of the rest of the laptops let you scroll by moving two finger at a time on the touchpad. > Shortcuts, menu item/keystroke or grabbing the page would work well. > How about a hot key to center the selected frame? as i said, a mechanism like the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in inkscape would be very welcome... the question is: which ones are useful in DTP and which keybindings would be good for scribus? ciao a.l.e
