Alpha Release Wishlist

[Alecaddd]

Setting up expectations for an Alpha release

Here's a list of must-have features for a first release of Akira. This list is a Work in Progress and it can change based on our availability and technical challenges.

General UI

• [x] All icons can be changed between regular and symbolic from Settings.
• [x] Hide/Show labels underneath Headerbar buttons from Settings.
• [x] Remember side panel sizing in gsettings.
• [x] Preview mode with CTRL + ..
• [x] Alert dialog before closing if document has been edited and not saved.

Canvas

• [x] Default Canvas at 100K x 100K pixels.
• [x] Zoom action via Headerbar button and CTRL + +/CTRL + -
• [x] Zoom action via mouse scroll with CTRL + Scroll
• [x] Pan action with mouse middle click and Spacebar + click and drag.
• [x] Create Artboards.
• ~Shapes should snap to Artboard's edges.~
• ~Click and drag on an empty canvas area to select multiple shapes.~

Shapes

• [x] Manage default fill and border color in Settings.
• [x] Add Rectangle.
• [x] Add Ellipse.
• [x] Import/Add Image.
• [x] Control shapes order via Headerbar buttons.
• [x] Control Position and sizing via Transform Panel.
• [x] Lock resize ratio via Transform Panel.
• [x] Lock resize ratio when holding CTRL on shape creation.

File format

• [x] Save simple file with version control in .akira format (No UI for alpha release).
• [x] Export Canvas and Artboards as PNG.
• ~Export Canvas and Artboards as SVG.~

Options Panel

• [x] Control fill color.
• [x] Control border size and color.
• [x] Control border radius for Rectangle shapes.
• ~Control alignment relative to the Canvas or Artboard.~

Layers Panel

• [x] Lock/Hide canvas items from layer panel.
• [x] Edit names of layers and artboards.
• [x] Delete layers and artboards.
• ~Search by name.~
• [x] Control shapes order via Layers panel.

Extras

• [x] Shortcuts helper panel with F1 key.

[ghost]

@Alecaddd A note about the Super key – you might want to consider a different key combo, as Super is overriden in GNOME (and possibly other DEs as well). I know Akira is elementaryOS-focused, but it'd be nice if there weren't bigger usability issues in other DEs.

[albfan]

Typically Ctrl+? in GNOME. Maybe we can customize that as the shortcuts localized

[Alecaddd]

We could also consider using a function button, something like F1 might make more sense.

[Alecaddd]

Click and drag on an empty canvas area to select multiple shapes.

Moving the multiselection feature out of alpha as it needs a bit of rework of pretty much every section. We'll tackle this as first actionable item for Alpha v2

[Alecaddd]

Alpha version released!