GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Box warp doesn't treat subpaths as unified object

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#3551 opened on Dec 31, 2025

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Description

It would make sense that a box warp on a group of paths would treat the group as a single object and keep all subpaths sized and positioned relative to each other. In practice, this operation works on each subpath as separate objects, which isn't very useful.

I'm not sure conceptually where you should be able to distinguish between the two operations, but performing it on a layer containing multiple subpaths seems like the trivial scenario when the earlier behavior would be desired. Maybe it's as simple as a boolean input e.g. "Combined" on the box warp node.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
design
Issue type
feature
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3
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half day
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active
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Basic understanding of node based editingRust programming
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55
Research direction
Investigate the box warp node implementation in the Graphite codebase, likely in the node graph logic. Check how subpaths are currently handled and consider adding a combined boolean parameter. Look at related node implementations for pattern. Discuss with maintainers about desired API.