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[Feature Request] Enable pan (spacebar) during copy operation

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gumix:
Hi, I'm having a hard time with copying areas larger than my monitor can handle (even at smallest font).
Everything I'd need is possibility to scroll the view between specifying corners of rectangle to be copied.
Is that possible to put on todo?

Kyzrati:
Hm... this one's tough. I know what you mean, especially if you're on a smaller screen, since you may have art that doesn't fit in the view but want to copy it all at once.

It's kinda hard to do this, at least it can't be done that way (scrolling while you're also maintaining the active selection box). The best I could do is add some kind of new/special two-step copy/cut process whereby you specify two opposite corners of the desired area. Not quite as exact since you wouldn't see the box as you're doing the selection, but it would technically work.

I'd love to try to add this feature now since I know you're in the middle of a new project, but I'm only just now getting back into work after being away for a while dealing with this concussion, so pretty busy and it'll be a while before I can look into it.

gumix:
Oh, I thought it would be easy, thanks for detailed explanation I was wrong ;)
2-click solution sound's great but may confuse other users, as there is no other 2-click cmd in RP I guess. Another workaround for my particular case would be 'copy whole layer' (ctrl-shift-c?) (while preferably clipping it to its bounding box).

I'm glad to hear you're getting better!

Kyzrati:
Oh yeah I've definitely thought of (and planned to) add a single command to outright copy the entire layer, if that's what you're trying to do.*

And the two-click solution I'm referring to wouldn't replace the current one, in any case, just be an alternative method for those rare cases where you really need to copy a giant area. New users wouldn't have to mess with it.

*I was going to ask about that, but then imagined there are other not-copy-entire-layer scenarios as well. If you're just looking to copy an entire layer I could possibly add that for you sooner rather than later.

So: 1) All you're trying to do is copy an entire layer? 2) Why? What's your specific goal? 3) What exactly do you mean by this:

--- Quote from: gumix on September 13, 2017, 10:14:52 AM ---(while preferably clipping it to its bounding box).

--- End quote ---
Technically each layer fills its entire area, unless you possibly mean all non-transparent areas?

gumix:
1) Yes, I can use entire layer copy (in this particular case)
2) Moving oversized layers between several files - rearranging tilesets each 320x240 cells  :o
3) Few layers I have would require pasting at negative coordinates which is not possible, they contain transparent margins I don't need anymore,
so copying only non-transparent area bbox would help. Otherwise I'd need to reposition layer (ctrl-shift-arrows) prior to copy, so this is not must-have feature.

Thanks!

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