Google Summer of Code 2021
Student: Anshudhar Kumar Singh (@SlayerAnsh)
Organization: Inkscape
Project: Improvement in Export Options
Introduction
Major goal for this project was refactoring Export Dialog UI and adding preview feature in it.
The Work was mainly divided into:
- UI Redesign of Export Dialog
- Refactor Raster Export
- Extend SVG export to Individual Objects
- Add Preview Option in Export Dialog
Progress
- Change UI of export Dialog
- Create Svg export for individual objects
- Refactor Export
- Add Layer in Batch Export
- Add Multiple Export Option in Batch Export
- Add Preview
- Add Dynamic Selection Output in Batch Export
- Add on-canvas Indicator for export bounding box
New Dialog Preview
Commits
Commits in Ascending order.
| Commit | Description |
|---|---|
| 9051b639c0 | Prototype using glade |
| 56fd0fb3c6 | Scrolled with fixed header and footer |
| d3ba221822 | added remove scroll function |
| cf6f5a2eba | Last commit before dropping glade |
| 72830d4e53 | Shifted from Glade |
| a95564d7bf | Back to glade |
| 2d125ff117 | Connected Signal Part 1 |
| 2b06a77d5d | added extention list |
| 1acb8214c7 | Single Image Export Signals Connected |
| f5f3bd5e4d | adding export raster |
| 0ec4b20a23 | trying to separate code |
| b8f51529f6 | separated pages and created helper |
| 2d4f4d549c | Export connected |
| 743c2f1cc4 | Added stop to prevent creating corrupted file at file location |
| 99ef40d9bc | connected browse with icon click |
| e654ce5561 | Added SVG export |
| ece0cfdc09 | added hide selected option |
| 719072cba1 | added batch export with multiple options |
| 3334eca939 | Resolved copy creation in batch export |
| 6752a7df2c | WIP: ading list selector UI to batch export |
| bf01c4e0ee | Changed related to new signal |
| 62185347e5 | Added selector for batch export |
| 3803fda526 | Added vector export to batch |
| a8bfd6c435 | WIP:Added preview file |
| 2a6a9bc08b | added preview in single export |
| c474b52eb6 | Preview Update on Hide All and Crash resolve |
| 48bfceed8c | Export preview crash resolve and Batch Export Preview |
| f4d5cc9e16 | Ui cleanup and review changes |
| a086e47936 | scrollbar visibility inside batch preview |
| 3e0e1b34a8 | Clang Tidy fixes |
| b510f50ae8 | Dpi 0 decimal, Batch Preview Style, Single Preview always on |
Next Steps
- Adding on Canvas Indicator
- Adding Checkbox background to Preview
- Adding other extensions in export
- Adding Select All option in batch export
- Check for translations
Bugs
- Handle export in '.png' using temp files. Aborting export in '.png' coz broken file in the path mainly becoz '.png' files are created directly if no extension is provided (in case of extensions we use temp files)
- Connect selection changed signals properly
- spin button doesn't support * and ctrl + Z
- layer rename doesn't immediately show in export dialog
- mystery bug where drop down inside collapsed advance option get activated.
Useful links
- Source Code: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape
- Merge Request: https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/merge_requests/3320
- My Github Account: https://github.com/SlayerAnsh