Problem with Blended and Contoured objects

[Centaurus]

Hi Ben,

I tried to select an object by Layer gallery but it works the same..
The matter is that you can change the color or pull object handles if it is a shape and it'll work. But if you try to move or rotate the whole object it freezes.
The same thing happens in new version of Xara Designer for Contoured objects... if you look at the attached file, the group with 3 user figures.

bug.xar

[ad1066]

Okay, with that file I'm seeing fairly consistent behavior so far. When two views are open, and I select one object in the blended group (either ctrl-click or via the layers gallery), attempting to move that object results in a partial lockup of the program. I can still scroll, pan, and zoom using the mouse wheel, but cannot click on anything (closing the program requires right-clicking on the program on the taskbar and selecting close).

-- Ben

[PhilM]

Hi Centaurus,

I've just had a look at this and the bug will be fixed in the next version of the program. It was caused by the contour and blend objects updating both views during dragging, which is not quite right (you can see it leaving bits behind in one of the views) and not how other objects behave. This unexpected behaviour was upsetting some of the other code.

BTW: There is a workaround for you until the fix is released - have a single view and use Ctrl+Mousewheel to quickly zoom in and out. I think this is what most people do when they want to look at a drawing in detail because it's extremely quick, natural and convenient. That's presumably why very few other people encountered the problem.

BTW2: If you do ever encounter this bug (the semi-hang where clicks are mostly ignored), pressing Escape should get you out of it.

Phil

[amoore]

Thanks, Phil.

[MEB]

Glad to know it can be fixed
Seems you will have a lot of new features to catch up with in the next version now Centaurus!
Nice work Phil!

[pauland]

It's good to know there's a very simple and easy workaround. I can see why very few people would encounter this issue.

How many people actually use the multiple view feature of Xara (useful as it may be), I wonder?

[handrawn]

I would imagine many who work on art that is intended to be 'reproduced' at a much smaller size than it is created at - that will include cartoonists who do the kind of stuff I do, icon creators such as the OP; - two monitors and two views makes everything so much easier for me at least [given VHQ rendering], and I could wish for more sometimes

[Centaurus]

Thank you Phil! Sorry I took much time to response, I was out of work for several days.

Unfortunately suggested workarounds do not really work for me.. I'm using wacom tablet, and not mouse, there is no mousewheel click for me Moreover when it comes to lots of icons, constant in out zooming really a bit too much. I have to see permanent zoomed-in and actual sizes at the same time.
Escape key does unfreeze the application, thanks! it still doesn't let me do blend editing but at least I save time on getting back to work.

I'm soooo excited to hear it'll be fixed in the next patch, that would made my day and more Thanks!