feature request and suggestions for gwd

[Gwd Adam]

Hello GWD Team,

I use GWD for daily works so i have some feature request became GWD more
awesome. i have about 50 request but here is the most important list:


1. un formatted copy text:
when i copy text from pdf or a text file, the GWD is create extra tags for line brake and others. Would be good if only space characters is takes into account.

2. in edit link panel the given url name is always overwriting with beginning http://  so i cant setup local url without http://

3. after setup an url in Link Panel and cilick OK. i cant modifying the link name width text tool, only need click <a> tag end rename it in Link Panel

4. if i wrapped a <span> tag with other tags the break apart options is disabled.

5. unlink css property in CSS panel only selected tag.
When multiple tag have share same css property it is possible delete css with trash icon and the css property is gone and deleted. I would rather un-link css property only from  one selected tag and keep it for others. For example clikc an un-link icon.

6. transform control editing should works not symmetrically by default (with symmetrical editing need hold shift key - similar to other programs)


7. zoom out / zoom in shortcut need works with ctrl + numpad + /-  too.

8. when i pointing with mouse on horizontal or vertical scroll-bar the bar is not active until pointing at middle of scroll-bar (not precise)


Thank you for this program.

by the way the GWD is awesome!!!

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[San Khong]

Hi Adam,

Thank you so much for the feature requests! We will look into them and let you know if we need more information. 

Please continue to provide us feedback so we can make our product better.

San

Google Web Designer team

[Sukhbir Kaur]

Hi Adam,

Thank you for the feedback.Please see my comments inline :

1. un formatted copy text:

when i copy text from pdf or a text file, the GWD is create extra tags for line brake and others. Would be good if only space characters is takes into account.

 > Can you provide us more details  step or an example to reproduce the issue. I tried copying and pasting a paragraph and it works fine for me.

2. in edit link panel the given url name is always overwriting with beginning http://  so i cant setup local url without http://

3. after setup an url in Link Panel and cilick OK. i cant modifying the link name width text tool, only need click <a> tag end rename it in Link Panel

>

To edit the Link name :

Go to Text container and select the link text .

Click on Link button

4. if i wrapped a <span> tag with other tags the break apart options is disabled.

 > I have logged a bug for this issue internally.

5. unlink css property in CSS panel only selected tag.

When multiple tag have share same css property it is possible delete css with trash icon and the css property is gone and deleted. I would rather un-link css property only from  one selected tag and keep it for others. For example click an un-link icon.

 > Do you mean to remove the rule from just one element and keep it on the others ? Currently you can "unlink" a rule from an element by removing that classname from that element in code view.

6. transform control editing should works not symmetrically by default (with symmetrical editing need hold shift key - similar to other programs)

 > Can you please provide more details 

7. zoom out / zoom in shortcut need works with ctrl + numpad + /-  too.

> I have logged a feature request for this internally

8. when i pointing with mouse on horizontal or vertical scroll-bar the bar is not active until pointing at middle of scroll-bar (not precise)

> I was not able to reproduce this issue. Can you please provide some more details or a screenshot

Thanks

Sukhbir

Google Web Designer Team 

[Gwd Adam]

Hello Sukhbir,

1. un formatted copy text:

when i copy text from pdf or a text file, the GWD is create extra tags for line brake and others. Would be good if only space characters is takes into account.

 > Can you provide us more details  step or an example to reproduce the issue. I tried copying and pasting a paragraph and it works fine for me.

for example when i copy text from a .txt file with line breaks like this:


hello
adam

in code videw

  <p class="gwd-p-jcku">hello</p>
  <div class="">adam</div>

 but i would like this without add any extra tag:

<div class="gwd-div-1dw5">hello adam</div>
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3.  after setup an url in Link Panel and cilick OK. i cant modifying the link name width text tool, only need click <a> tag end rename it in Link Panel

More details:

I create a tag with Text tool the result is in code view:

<p class="gwd-p-1gbp">hello GWD</p>

than i create with this a link on Text tab and press Link button and adding an url too the result is:

 <p class="gwd-p-1gbp"><a href="http://hellourl">hello GWD</a> </p>

than switch back to Selection tool and select the p tag in Design view click on the text tab on Link icon and press cancel button and link or <a> tag is removed and cant Redo.

<p class="gwd-p-1gbp text-tool-feedback">hello GWD</p>

but if double clicked on <p> tag and select <a> tag in Design view you can editing the link in Edit link panel and can name the url too.

the problem is: I cant editing the text with Text tool directly to rename <a> tag end keep the url info too.

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5. unlink css property in CSS panel only selected tag.

> Do you mean to remove the rule from just one element and keep it on the others ? Currently you can "unlink" a rule from an element by removing that classname from that element in code view.

yes exactly. and yes i can remove or unlink only in code view but would be very useful i can unlink css the selected element  and keep others. Because i use it frequently.

6. transform control editing should works not symmetrically by default (with symmetrical editing need hold shift key - similar to other programs)

 > Can you please provide more details

    more detail:

   -drawing a <div> tag and switch the Selection tool than select transform control options.

   -select the bottom right corner of div tag and the element resizing symmetrically

  would be more useful if not resizing symmetrically by default . Like if i press Alt button and then resize it UN-symmetrically. I resize div tag un-symetrically div-s mush more time than symmetrically.

8. when i pointing with mouse on horizontal or vertical scroll-bar the bar is not active until pointing at middle of scroll-bar (not precise)

> I was not able to reproduce this issue. Can you please provide some more details or a screenshot

Im on Linux (ubuntu 14.04). I attached a picture and drawing a red  dot  (because cant make screenshot with mouse cursor) where i pointing the mouse and the horizontal or vertical scroll bar still not active and cant move the works space.

Thanks

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[Sukhbir Kaur]

Hi Adam ,

Thanks for the details. I was able to reproduce # 3 and I'll log a bug for this internally. 

I'm still can't reproduce 1 & 8 . For  1) It always add a  <p>  in code.See the attached screenshot 

I have logged Feature request for # 5 & 6 

[Gwd Adam]

Hello Sukhbir,

for 1. more detail:

create tag with Text tool and copy and paste into it . Select the text bellow

hello
adam

 and the result is (i think i missed that i create tag with Text tool):



          <div class="gwd-div-3o1p">hello
            <div>adam</div>



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9.

Other suggestion for long text here is a long text example:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.


Now, not drawing tag wit Text tool just simple copy and paste this long text into GWD
in the css property panel  with and height is auto in and behave very strange for beginners if you try moving it.My suggestion is width and height should be 100px by default if simple copy and paste from text.

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10. if i create a html type blank file in gwd cant select responsive layout options like others and so the meta tag is missing like this

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

11.  automatically refresh the images list in Swap image panel if i put a new one in asset folder when is swapping an image.

12. thumbnail images for images in Library tab

13. remember the last searched words in Code view when i pressed the ctrl-f (and when press ctrl-f that last text need selected so i can easily change it when i type a new one)

14 bug: when i drawing an <a> tag into a wrapper cant break apart it. (like <span> tag)

15. copy vs duplicate tags: need duplicate tag that not share the same css property (automatically rename css to other name)

16. add link  (href prop ) to image and possible wrapping it and break apart

17. paste and copy a selected css property to other tag in CSS Panel

18. setup text spacing in Text panel

19. Responsive panel:  reset to Master rules (if i set a vertical or horisontal media rule i can reset it to default Master rule) now i need delete all css property i.e  from @media (max-width: 1080px) {} manually.

20. setup text line height css property in Text panel.

21. setup for link hover/link/active/visited css property in Edit link panel

22. add more rule type in CSS panel for css property like :  .someclass > a

23. cant add special link name (local or jump url) like #linkToJump because in Link panel always overwrite with http://

24. setup for tile-able image css properties if it an  <img> tag (background repeat,  etc...)

25. same color selector as in Color Panel for Text tool and Fill color tool (rgb inputs, default black and white and swapper button color etc.)

26. faster panning when i have lots of element :) (opengl accelearation?)

27. snapping inside element to wrapper border when i inside a wrapper (double click and became red border)

Thank you

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