Straight Lines with Line Tool

[Alani25]

Similar to how you can hold shift while moving objects to move them in a straight path, you should also be able to hold shift while drawing with the line tool to create a straight line.

[Alani25]

Another improvement we should add is auto-snapping lines to nearby segments

[Alani25]

Feature added
See lineToolSnapping branch

[BaronAWC]

there are a couple of minor bugs (more like inconsistencies) i found recently.

1. when holding shift for a straight line, there is a larger margin of error when making a vertical or horizontal line than if making a diagonal line. i think this is because the code is checking against a slope of 0.5, which is actually closer to the diagonal slope of 1 than the flat slope of 0. if you check against a slope of tan(22.5 deg), i think it will fix it?
2. when holding option and shift and drawing a perfect line while near another point, there's a difference in behavior when it's a horizontal/vertical line and when it's diagonal. when diagonal, it acts as if holding option does nothing. when horizontal/vertical, it can sort of snap to align with the nearby point.

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[StickmanRed]

Another feature I think would be useful is an option to continue an existing path by adding a line from any of its endpoints, like Scratch does with its line tool. iirc it was mentioned a couple times on the forums

[Alani25]

@StickmanRed I believe that's already possible in latest branch by holding option/ alt/ control/ command while using the line tool.

As we're currently swapping domains you can't test the site at the moment but you should be able to later at candlestickers.app

[StickmanRed]

@StickmanRed I believe that's already possible in latest branch by holding option/ alt/ control/ command while using the line tool.

I meant adding a new point to the original path, like the line is part of it and not separated

As we're currently swapping domains you can't test the site at the moment but you should be able to later at candlestickers.app

Oh, nice, a custom domain!