i have been using the fill&stroke and the filter docks a lot, (and as you know, some of these filters make the dock quite wide) and when i unhide one, it often covers the area im editing in, so i have to scroll to see it again, and then when i hide it, i have to scroll again to place it in the optimal position.
can someone implement a "centering" feature, where if a dock is unhidden the editing area center is moved to the new editing area coordinates' center?
in other words, say my editing area is 300x300px (center is 150, 150).. i unhide my dock, which covers 100px, so my new editing area is 200x300, but the editing area's center is now at 100, 150.. whereas its more convenient if it would automatically bring the original editing area's center to the center of this new area (ie, scroll right 50px).. and then bring it back to its original position when i hide the dock again.
i hope this isnt too confusing.
> whereas its more convenient if it would automatically bring
> the original editing area's center to the center of this new area
Not necessarily - one might have been editing objects in the left half of the current viewport which with this option would be moved off-screen and require additional scrolling, or have the expectation that objects on-canvas stay steady (at the same position) unless the user triggers zoom, pan or scroll commands explicitly.
<opinion>I probably would appreciate to be able to opt out of such a behavior if it gets the new default (even on small laptop screens I usually use) - with complex drawings or details, having to re-adjust to the new positions of nodes and objects each time a docked dialog changes its width would be distracting IMHO.</opinion>
Maybe a new zoom shortcut (i.e. another preset) to re-center the view at current zoom-level in the visible viewport area would be more versatile?
<opinion>This would be my preferred solution - IIRC there is an older RFE for this but I can't find at it the moment.</opinion>