Blockly - Shapes update v1.01 - Now with gradient fill

[Jim Brown]

Hi all,

I am looking for additional feedback on what you think about my latest Blockly Shapes v1.01

Is it something which would appeal to children as a learning aid?

What about the command set. Does the naming make sense?

What's in there right now:

• Move Cursor To - Move the drawing cursor to x/y
  
• Draw Line To - Draw a line from the current cursor position to x/y
  
• Draw Rectangle - Draw a rectangle (filled/unfilled) with width and height
  
• Draw Circle - Draw a circle (filled/unfilled) with a given radius
• Fill Mode - Sets whether or not rectangles, circles, or polygons are filled.
• Draw Polygon. Draws (filled/unfilled) polygons constructed using Draw Line To blocks placed between the enclosure block
• Set Line Width - Sets the width of lines as used for unfilled polygons, unfilled rects, unfilled circles, and single lines
• Set Line Colour - Sets the outline colour for lines, unfilled polygons, unfilled rects, unfilled circles. Text colour shares this too,
• Set Solid Fill Colour - Sets the solid colour for filled rects, filled circles, and filled polygons.
• Set Gradient Fill Colour - Sets the vertical or horizontal gradient fill colour filled rects, filled circles, and filled polygons.
• Canvas Width/Height - Return the canvas width and height
• Hide / Show Cursor - Hide or show the drawing cursor
• Draw Text - Draws text at the current drawing point

OTHER THOUGHTS

Have a separate Set Text Colour block. Currently text shares whatever the Line colour is set to. This is not too obvious though.

Drop Fill Mode On/Off system and incorporate the option into all blocks capable of producing filled versions?

For example, Draw [filled] circle with radius [32]  or Draw [unfilled] circle with radius [32]

TO DO:

Find a way how to return the drawing cursor x / y positions. Code is in place for get cursor position (x or y) but its currently returning only the initialised value regardless of where the drawing cursor is.

Regards, Jim