Node Alignment Broken

Igull

When aligning a pair of nodes, using say align tops, alignment to top is dependent on which node is selected first. If the first node is lower than the second node, they align to the lower node. If the first node is the upper node, they align to that.
The opposite happens with align bottoms. Ditto align left/right.
That's not the way I think it should work ?
My understanding is that for align tops, they should all align to the topmost node - ditto bottoms/left/right.

Neil

b77

@Igull I can't replicate the issue here — aligning nodes is working as it should: https://recordit.co/t7iiVVljtX

Can you record the screen and/or attach a file with the shape?

Igull

Yep, vid attached ...
link text
Strange
Does it with any old shape
Neil

Igull

@b77
I see what it is, you're in Australia

Igull

@b77
Just in case, here's the test file ...

0_1657398363246_Node Tester.vstyler

b77

Hmm… it's working here as it should with your file…

Maybe is something related to your Preferences. I would try a reset of the app by starting it while holding Shift+Option+Command, maybe it solves the glitch.

But before doing that, send the settings.xml and workspace.xml files from the
~/Library/Application Support/NumericPath/VectorStyler1.0/vector/data/resources/ folder
to the developer (csraba at …)

@b77 I see what it is, you're in Australia

Ha ha!

b77

@Igull Is 'Align to key object' enabled here?

VectorStyler

@Igull Alignment of nodes is done relative to the bounding box of the selected nodes.

Igull

@b77 said in Node Alignment Broken:

Maybe is something related to your Preferences. I would try a reset of the app by starting it while holding Shift+Option+Command, maybe it solves the glitch.

Yes, that cured it - wasting all my carefully produced settings in the process 'though

However, having saved my settings previously, I reloaded them and the issue returned.

I have the previously saved resources folder, should I send that AND the settings file ?

Neil

Igull

@b77

@Igull Is 'Align to key object' enabled here?

Yes.

@VectorStyler

@Igull Alignment of nodes is done relative to the bounding box of the selected nodes.

OK, perhaps I'm not understanding that, up is up according to the screen surely - whether the object has been rotated or not (the bounding box reference)??
Or am I missing something ?

Neil

Igull

@VectorStyler said in Node Alignment Broken:

@Igull Alignment of nodes is done relative to the bounding box of the selected nodes.

Ahhh, the penny drops

Now I get it, the reference to the key in the alignment panel - carefully hidden to trap the unwary LOL
I'm sure those three options must be extremely useful to someone, just not to me LOL.

I think that explains my issue, the bounding box is selected from reset, I must have clicked the key at some point down the testing path and my settings would have been saved too - mea culpa

Thanks

Neil