Different shapes for arrows

[SoftExpert]

Hi Damir,

Would it be possible to use an additional shape for the arrows?
An example:

Ideally the size of the "head" (width, height) and transparency of the "tail" should be customizable ...

What do you think ?

Best regards,
SoftExpert

[DamirPorobic]

Sure, can be done, though I'm not sure about the opacity at the tail. Might be too much configuration options.

[SoftExpert]

Hi Damir,

While KSnip is getting better and better, it would be great to add this shape style - even without the transparency.
Having several arrow styles would definitely make KSnip a default goto application - at least in the KDE realm.

Do you have any timeframe in mind for this feature ?

Best regards,
SoftExpert

[DamirPorobic]

Hi,

can't say, haven't thought about it yet. Currently it's not planned for 1.7.0. What might come earlier is this feature #84, don't know if that would hep you.

Regards,
Damir

[neurofreak-alt]

May you add arrow shape like this (Fast Stone Image Viewer)?
http://note100yen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013y10m12d_161809490.png

[DamirPorobic]

It looks like we need to move this issue forward as many users looking for it in this or other forms.

[neurofreak-alt]

yep

[SoftExpert]

Hi Damir,

I was thinking to this - how about supporting SVG defined arrows (loaded from external SVG files, configurable in the settings) - which would give everyone the possibility to design own arrow shapes ? Would that be doable ? It would be a tremendous plus if it's possible !

[DamirPorobic]

@SoftExpert don't think so, you have the problem that an SVG is a rectangle and you need to rotate and scale it. Now imaging the bounding rect (basically this is the size of an item) would now be rotated too. I don't think that this would look nice.

[SoftExpert]

@DamirPorobic Humm, but why rotate it ? Just let the arrow's designer draw it in whatever position is needed, and then draw the SVG object ... Since in SVG we can have transparency and gradients, I would see the arrow drawn on a transparent surface but with a contour and a gradient filling.
Loading the SVG file would mean creating a bitmap, and from there it should be straightforward, I guess ...