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Updated 6 months ago

Mouse dragging property values

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The community member is experiencing issues with the sensitivity of mouse dragging when adjusting property values such as padding and width. They find it difficult to reach the exact value they want, often overshooting or undershooting. The community member has tried using other tools like Thrive Themes and Figma, which they found to have a better mouse dragging experience.

The comments suggest that the issue is related to "scrubbing", a feature that allows for faster adjustment of values. However, the sensitivity can vary depending on the mouse settings. Some community members recommend aligning the behavior with Figma, which allows for adjusting the scrub sensitivity using modifier keys (e.g., Shift for faster, Ctrl for slower). There is also a suggestion to have different behaviors based on modifier keys, such as locking the values to even numbers or multiples of 5 or 10 for precision.

Additionally, one community member mentions an issue where the mouse jumps to the canvas and starts resizing the responsive window while dragging property values.

HHero
I'd love the ability to adjust the sensitivity of mouse dragging property numbers such as padding, width, etc. It's so sensitive it takes me several seconds some times to get to the exact value. (If I'm trying to set it to 10, I keep getting 8, 11, 9, 7, 15, 12, 9, and finally 10.

If adjusting the sensitivity is out, I'd love it if it just wasn't as sensitive.

My mouse settings are perfect for the way I like to work in Windows, so I don't want to adjust it there.

Note that the only other builder I've used is Thrive Themes (WordPress plugin) and that mouse dragging for value setting was a wonderful experience.
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14 comments
OOleg Isonen
its called scrub
OOleg Isonen
and unfortunately every mouse setting can be different
OOleg Isonen
so probably there is no way around givina setting
OOleg Isonen
how is figma working for you?
OOleg Isonen
I could try and see if we can align with them
OOleg Isonen
you can do it there with alt key
HHero
Figma works great for property value dragging.
HHero
I'd estimate WS scrubs through 3 to 5 numbers in the same distance that Figma does 1.

I found desktop app and web app to behave the same in this regard.
OOleg Isonen
I see, we should prob align with figma
HHolger
Figma modifies Scrub sensitivity with Shift (faster). Photoshop does the same, but also allows you to decrease sensitivity (slower) and to snap to even numbers for precision input. You can start dragging normally and at any point start holding down a Modifier key to change the drag-behaviour.
HHero
Maybe we could have different behaviors depending on which modifier key is pressed. One for faster, one for slower, and one for locking it into something like even numbers or multiples of 5 or 10.
OOleg Isonen
Cool, first default one should be aligned
HHero
Agreed
HHero
BTW, something else that happens to me periodically when dragging a property value is the mouse jumps on to the canvas and starts resizing the responsive window.
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