GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Drawing a shape at non-100% viewport zoom wrongly applies the scale to the Transform node not the shape

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#2,582 opened on Apr 16, 2025

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Description

  1. Zoom out so you're not at 100% viewport zoom.
  2. Draw a rectangle.
  3. Notice the Transform node has a scale value other than 1 corresponding to the zoom level of the viewport.
  4. This should be 1 and the viewport zoom should have been applied to the calculation of the rectangle dimensions instead.

This occurs with Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and Star— but not Line.

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Examine how viewport zoom is applied when creating shapes. The scale should be applied to the shape dimensions, not the Transform node. Check the code path in handle tool events.
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Rust
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