Bug: flip hor/vert does not respect rotation point

[Herbert123]

2023-02-17 16_12_10-#1.png

In the above example the left stroke should be mirrored to the other side. I align the rotation point (pivot point) to the center guide, and use the Flip Horizontal function.

This is the result:

2023-02-17 16_12_45-#1.png

But I would expect this result instead:

2023-02-17 16_13_40-#1.png

The pivot point is not respected when mirroring (flipping) objects.

A secondary issue that I encountered is that the pivot point is not respected when this object is repositioned. The object's frame snaps to the center guide, but the pivot point does not.

Would it be possible to fix these two things and have the pivot point (rotation point) respected when mirroring and translating objects?

[Martin Huber]

Menu commands are not affected by tool settings. And the pivot point is a setting of the Layer Tool.

You can flip a layer using the Layer Attributes. That will respect the pivot point and the Centered setting of the Layer Tool.

Martin

[PPaul]

OK, it would be nice if I were able to mirror a layer using the pivot point, where the pivot point would remain in its place. Like when I rotate the layer.
Is that possible?

- Paul

[Martin Huber]

OK, it would be nice if I were able to mirror a layer using the pivot point, where the pivot point would remain in its place. Like when I rotate the layer.
Is that possible?

As I said: You can do that with the Layer Attributes ("View >Panels > Layer Attributes > Scaling"). But it only uses the pivot point, if
- the Layer Tool is active
- the pivot point is visible
- centered is activated

Martin

[Herbert123]

Menu commands are not affected by tool settings. And the pivot point is a setting of the Layer Tool.

You can flip a layer using the Layer Attributes. That will respect the pivot point and the Centered setting of the Layer Tool.

Martin

You mean by entering a negative value in the Scaling? That's a bit counter-intuitive...

That is something I would expect in a developer's environment (such as a game engine), but not really in an intuitive design software. This is called a "hidden affordance" in UX design, and not obvious at all to the average user. Nor is it very user friendly, or logical that the actual button to flip layers does not respect the pivot point, while a hidden negative scale property does.

[shijan]

Other apps behave in same way and always preserve rotation point, so i can agree with Herbert123. It is logical to preserve rotation point when rotate/flip layer from menu.
Also I guess something like "Preserve Rotation Point" checkbox could be useful in "Scale Layer" and "Change Layer Size" dialogs.