It's not possible to edit older's project screen sections by a mouse

urbanekv · April 17, 2025, 3:55pm

At Origam Architect’s visual editor, there is a value called GridSize, which controls how widgets can be placed into canvas by a mouse. Widgets can be placed only to grid points by a mouse. The GridSize is in pixels.

Currently, GridSize is hardcoded to 9x9.

github.com/origam/origam

backend/Origam.Gui.Designer/impls/DesignerHostImpl.cs

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          	{
          		// TODO:  Add DesignerHostImpl.SetOptionValue implementation
          	}
          	public object GetOptionValue(string pageName, string valueName)
          	{
          		switch(pageName)
          		{
          			case @"WindowsFormsDesigner\General":
          			switch(valueName)
          			{
          				case "GridSize":
          					return new Size(9, 9);
          				default:
          					return null;
          			}
          			default:
          				return null;
          		}
          	}
          	#endregion
          }

Older projects used tightly aligned widgets. The current setting of widget makes it impossible to edit them by a mouse only. A user has to change coordinates manually.

I suggest to solve this issue by allowing to change GridSize on a screen-section basis.

washi · April 22, 2025, 11:22am

We’re on our way to the HTML architect, so this idea seems to just consume resources that could be used there.

Where would be suggested GridSize value stored?

urbanekv · April 22, 2025, 11:24am

I suggest to solve this issue by allowing to change GridSize on a screen-section basis.

washi · April 22, 2025, 11:37am

After a discussion with @urbanekv, we have agreed on the following simplification:

The screen section editor should expose its grid settings and allow them to be changed on the fly. When the editor is closed and reopened, the default settings should be restored. No persistence is required.