Checkpoint in the Undo History

[SaySayTakamura]

Hello, my sincere apologies for the bothering, i wanted to recommend something i tought it would be very useful for the Undo History.

I have been working those days (and as many other do) for longer periods and the constant save always got my head a bit messy because when i didn't liked a change i did in the sprite i didn't know which step in the Undo History was the one i saved last.

And if the Undo History showed where the last save occured, like this:

Initial State
|_Rectangular Tool
|_Clear
|_Paste
|_Deselect(Last Saved Here)

And if you undid the file to its Initial State and redid something it would show:

Initial State
|_Pencil Tool
--Last Saved Step Undone--

Sorry for the bothering and hope this is useful for someone.

[dacap]

Hi @SaySayTakamura, thanks for the idea, it looks quite simple to implement. I'll give a try later.

[SaySayTakamura]

Hi @SaySayTakamura, thanks for the idea, it looks quite simple to implement. I'll give a try later.

Thanks for the answer Mr.Dacap, can't wait to see it in ;3

Good luck and sorry for the bothering.

[oceanhahn]

As a suggestion, marking the first change after save in a different colour or placing a unique glyph before it (a square or an asterisk) might make it easier to find if you keep the Undo History pane narrow. :3
It could also be useful for the Undo/Redo state popup that appears in the bottom right on change.

[SaySayTakamura]

As a suggestion, marking the first change after save in a different colour or placing a unique glyph before it (a square or an asterisk) might make it easier to find if you keep the Undo History pane narrow. :3
It could also be useful for the Undo/Redo state popup that appears in the bottom right on change.

Yeah, the text could go unnoticed by the user if the Undo/Redo Window is in its default size, so this would assist for the user to see that a change was made even in the Window default size.

[dacap]

Some preview screenshots:

Initial state when an image is created:

Initial state when an image is loaded:

After drawing in the image:

After saving:

After undoing and modifying (the saved state was lost):

[SaySayTakamura]

Some preview screenshots:

Initial state when an image is created:

Initial state when an image is loaded:

After drawing in the image:

After saving:

After undoing and modifying (the saved state was lost):

Looking great Mr.Capello.