Arrow keys should nudge position

[nheagy]

The arrow keys should nudge the position of the currently selected node in 1pt increments.

Ideally, this would allow support Shift-Nudge to jump by 10 points.

[NickyWeber]

+1

[efusco]

+1 to this, I would love to have this feature!!

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On Jan 28, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Nate Heagy notifications@github.com wrote:

The arrow keys should nudge the position of the currently selected node in 1pt increments.

Ideally, this would allow support Shift-Nudge to jump by 10 points.

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[stuartcarnie]

This is already supported under the Object Nudge / Move menu items. Nudge is ⌘+arrow for 1pt and Move is ⌘+⇧+arrow for 10pt

[NickyWeber]

Exactly and it's pretty annoying that you have to hold a modifier key while arrow keys alone just don't do anything.

[cocojoe]

Arrows keys alone will navigate the node hierarchy in timeline.

[NickyWeber]

@cocojoe thanks. still as a default behavior I'd rather move nodes on stage.

[stuartcarnie]

Easy enough to fix – want me to take it?

[NickyWeber]

It's a product decision we cannot make, I'll ask Vik next week.

[vlidholt]

We have looked into this one before, and is not at easy as it sounds. The arrow keys are used for other purposes such as moving between selections in the list and table views and when editing properties in the text boxes. The Cmd-arrow keys are used by other applications such as Photoshop, so most users are already used to it.

[stuartcarnie]

I agree @vlidholt – the feature is already there and useful as is, even if one has to use the modifier keys.

I suspect the complexity is because the events are handled globally (on the application delegate), rather than using the responder chain. If the Cocos2D view becomes the first responder, we can handle those locally.

I would like to see the arrow keys work intuitively based on the current focus (which is consistent with other applications)

• if I'm editing a numeric field, then up / down should increment / decrement the value
• if I've selected the scrubber, it should move forwards / backwards in time
• If I've selected a node in the level editor, it should nudge the item

[nheagy]

Actually @vlidholt Photoshop uses Arrows without Cmd, it happens to work because Cmd-Arrow is unassigned.

It is because of the supremacy of the arrow keys that most video/animation apps use , and . to move the scrubber, @stuartcarnie. This way you can both move objects and the scrubber without worrying about focus.

[stuartcarnie]

@nheagy I like the , and . shortcuts