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What would you prefer?

Current behaviour: When zooming with the scroll wheel, keep the current screen center
0 (0%)
Alternative behaviour: When zooming with the scroll wheel, center on the cursor location
3 (60%)
No preference
2 (40%)

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Offline Nepster

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[BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« on: July 29, 2018, 08:27:01 AM »
Sometimes the location zoomed into does not coincide with the cursor location, when using the mouse wheel. I tried fixes in the previous editor versions 1.8-1.10, but it still doesn't work.

PS: This post is basically just a reminder for me to fix this. ;)

Offline namida

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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2020, 07:24:00 AM »
Do people actually want this change? Happy to try fixing it if so.
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Offline Strato Incendus

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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2020, 12:40:39 PM »
Is there some way to make this optional? I probably won't be able to decide until I see it in action.

On paper, zooming in on the cursor location sounds more intuitive to me, but I may have already gotten more used to the current behaviour than I'm aware of. ;)
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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2020, 02:04:45 PM »
I am with strato here. I am used to the current behavior, but I can see potential in the other way. Maybe an option is the way to go and when we see that one way is superior we can take the other out later.

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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2020, 10:03:15 AM »
The alternate behavior (center on mouse cursor) sounds like an improvement to me. While I'm used to the current behavior, I believe the adjustment period would likely be very brief - especially as this is already how many other programs handle this.

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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2020, 10:00:48 PM »
I would zoom into the cursor. This is standard behavior in many applications.

Zooming into the center of the screen, I wouldn't keep this; if people complain in the new version, you can still re-add it as an option. >_>

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Re: [BUG][EDITOR] Mouse zooms not at cursor location
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2020, 03:54:04 AM »
+1 for zoom to cursor. EDIT: It seems to do this anyway if no piece is selected... ???
« Last Edit: October 12, 2020, 03:59:15 AM by WillLem »