Modifier key for moving blocks

[tskomudek]

Hi Bart,

with limited space for the designer view, we learned that we often accidentally move blocks(container, switch) when we want to move the viewport instead. When not switched to readonly, the only option to move the viewport is to zoom out and click into the empty space. But if you zoomed into a larger workflow, you often just want to move the view a bit to continue with configuring the next steps.
A good option would be to move blocks only when a user presses also a modifier key (like ALT, CTRL).

What do you think ?

Also - keyboard shortcuts for moving and zooming would be great.

Tilo

[b4rtaz]

Hello @tskomudek!

good option would be to move blocks only when a user presses also a modifier key (like ALT, CTRL).

Currently there is an opposite feature, if you click the scroll button of your mouse then you can only move the canvas even if you not enabled "Turn on/off drag and drop" mode.

I like your idea with more keyboard shortcuts. But for the blocking drag&drop I would prefer to keep the consistency with the scroll button. So if you press CTRL, then you cannot drag&drop.

[tskomudek]

Hi Bart,

i agree, this would also work for us.
Using the scroll button on the mouse works find btw., but it's not so obvious - so adding the option for an additional key would still be reasonable.

Thank you

Tilo

[b4rtaz]

I've just released the 0.19.2 version. It intoduces the alt key support. If you press the alt key, the drag and drop is disabled.

Also - keyboard shortcuts for moving and zooming would be great.

After I while I think this shouldn't be implemented in the designer directly. I see 2 solutions:

• you can implement it at the application level, key handlers could use the external control bar controller to zoom the canvas,
• we could implement it as the optional pro extension.

[tskomudek]

Hi Bart,

thanks for taking care of this.
As for the zooming - the external controller interface only allows for zooming in/out, but not to get or set the current zoom level directly. Maybe that's worth adding in a future version.

Best

T.