How would you use this?

[Itsbackfliptime]

See where it says "Empty Shapes On"

When you look at this do you think:

A: "If I press this button the next shape I draw will be empty"

B: "If I draw a shape now it will be empty"

I'm just trying to figure out how most people would use this button so I can make this as intuitive as possible?

 

[b-kul]

i think that it means the shape will just be outlined but empty in the middle.

 

[clayborn]

Outlined but no color inside the shape? why don't you just click it

 

[1080ski]

A

i dont think the other 2 posters read your post

 

[R-Bertsch]

A.

you first two kids are silly

 

[titsLOL]

I think if you made it "Empty Shapes: On" it would be more intuitive, and in that case it would be B. then if you click it again it'd say Empty Shapes: Off and you know if you draw a shape it wont be empty... just an idea.

 

[eheath]

I think A.

 

[Sno.]

agreed. or

"want some empty shapes, click here"

that changes to

"sick of empty shapes? get some solid ones, click here"

 

[IcePointa]

make it say:

"Create Shape Outlines"

if thats what it does

I think you meant A, right?

 

[duckets.]

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

Thats pretty much what I'm having it do now.

Thanks for the input everyone.

 

[doublexl]

Bee ftw

 

[Mat.]

A

 

[Smidt]

i just got a mac and had no idea it had a paint prgram i was looking for it to

 

[Elijah.]

 

[Elijah.]

 

[Elijah.]

 

[sack]

probably B...

 

[anxju]

 

[seine_Dudeheit]

So you are programming this right now - Why a painting programm? - with what kind of editor or programming language?

 

[Scolson]

B. I guess

If you want it to be A. it should say turn empty shapes on

If you want it to be B. it should say empty shapes: on

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

Yeah I'm making it right now. Its for a user interface class. I'm using C++ and Qt.

 

[popNfresh44]

i would think that if i drew a shape now it would be empty.

 

[comeatmebro]

are you gonna like give a download link?

cause i dl'ed paintbrush but i don't like it that much...
oh and A ftw.

 

[leckett1]

I would think it means like remove the colour from the current highlighted shape

 

[Itsbackfliptime]

possibly. Its not finished yet. All it does right now is let you put some shapes and text on the screen. You can't erase anything and there isn't a brush tool either. At the end its gonna have separate layers, different brush styles, saving to different formats. It should be pretty cool.

 

[comeatmebro]

that sounds sick. i am yet to find a nice paint program for mac, but this sounds like it would be awesome.

 

[gbirrd]

i dont fucking get it. like wtf....?