Re: Feature request

["Free" <brokenclock free fr>]

I may suggest one or two things :
* it should be very interresting, I think, to make Dia able to export to map
pictures for web,
* about the chain link icon, it may be useful inside Dia, but when exported,
I think it may be he covered by the object that should be linked,
* you may make a new sort of "shape" (or what you want), called "linked
area", that may be linked, but should not be viewed as other, but only when
selected, on with a pointing hand when mouse over. So the link and the other
Dia object should not be associate.
*I think the possibility to link text (standalone text, or in shape) should
be very nice.

Stephane

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cyrille Chepelov" <cyrille@chepelov.org>
> Le Fri, Apr 09, 2004, Ã 09:19:33AM +0200, Lars Clausen a écrit:
> > On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 18:20, Cyrille Chepelov wrote:
> > > Le Thu, Apr 08, 2004, Ã  08:07:13PM +0200, Lars Clausen a écrit:
> > >
> > > > > previously (see:
> > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2002-April/msg00053.html
for more),
> > > > > but it seems that nothing has been done since.
> > > > > My users would like to make hyperlink between diagrams. I think it
can be a
> > > > > powerful. And more can be done, as I agreed with Cyrille. I can't
do it
> > > > > myself (netadmin, and php programmer, not more), so anyone can
tell me it
> > > > > something like this can, will be done and when?
> > > >
> > > > I agree that it could be quite useful.  Could you expand on how you
> > > > could see it working (UI-wise, never mind the implementation)?  In
> > > > particular, how do we keep it from being confused with the other
> > > > functionality (selecting, moving, resizing etc)?
> > >
> > > A good way (practised by some unspecified Windows tools) is to have a
little
> > > "chain link" icon appear in the lower right corner when the object is
> > > selected (just inside the usual handles). Click on that link and poof
you're
> > > following it. Click elsewhere and the regular behaviour applies.
> >
> > I guess that's viable.  I suppose you wouldn't want to tie it to text
> > elements, otherwise I was thinking to show it in interactive rendering
> > with an underline of text.
> >
> > > For the question of entering the link, I suggest simply adding an
"url"
> > > property in Element (and in the STANDARD_ELEMENT_PROPERTIES macro).
> >
> > Just in Element?  Not in, say, polygons or connectors?  Would be
> > easier,but not as generic.  Should also be added to shapes.
>
> Shapes derive from Element. That covers most things. Polygons are harder;
is
> there a point in making connectors linkable?
>
> -- Cyrille