Release notes
Export SVG file of selected strands
Previously it was only possible to export the entire main view (view of all strands and helices). Now, you can select some strands and export only them:
Which saves this SVG file:
There is a separate feature (https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/issues/740, see also notes below) in which selected strands can be copied into an image in the system clipboard and pasted into other programs, such as Powerpoint or Inkscape. However, this is not a SVG image, it is a PNG (bitmap) image that will be pixelated on zoom-in:
It takes more takes more work to use *Export-->SVG of selected strands* for such transferring of images (since you have to save a file, then import that file into the other program), but retains the vector graphics that remain sharp when zoomed in.
Copy bitmap image of selected strands to clipboard
You can select some strands: and copy a (PNG bitmap) image of them to the clipboard by pressing Ctrl+I (or *Edit-->Copy image*),
which can be pasted into other image programs such as Powerpoint or Inkscape:
However, since this is a bitmap image, it will be pixelated on zoom-in:
To save a vector graphics image (which will not pixelate on zoom-in), use *Export-->SVG of selected strands*. This is a bit more effort since it saves to a file, which then needs to be imported into Powerpoint/Inkscape/other image programs, but it will retain sharpness on zoom-in.
Commits
- 4a58ae6: selected strands svg download (rishabhmudradi) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 2de786c: get copy image to work and fix (sarahayu) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 23efce4: fix dimensions of generated image to not be dependent on browser window size (sarahayu) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- ed78fb0: closes 740 copy image of selected objects (sarahayu) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 7631f1c: Update constants.dart (David Doty) [896](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/896)
- bbac202: Merge branch 'dev' into copy-image-of-selected-objects-740 (Abhishek Gokhale) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 98a364b: Code formatting for previous commits to this branch (Abhishek Gokhale) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 46825b2: closes 887 save SVG file with image of selected objects (Abhishek Gokhale) [893](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/893)
- 2660d12: Copy image of selected objects 740 (769) (sarahayu) [769](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/769)
- 89f1951: Merge branch 'dev' into 887-save-svg-file-with-image-of-selected-objects (Abhishek Gokhale) [893](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/893)
- 77ae867: Fixed required changes for 887: alert on no strand selected & changing menu item name (Abhishek Gokhale) [893](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/893)
- 94e2454: altered error message when exporting selected strands SVG when no strands are selected, and added explicitly declared return type to some functions (David Doty) [893](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/893)
- 6921f62: Update export_svg.dart (David Doty) [893](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/893)
- 8a9e716: changed name of action from `CopySVG` to `CopySelectedStandsToClipboardImage`, which is more accurate given what it actually does (David Doty) [896](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/896)
- 0f1a7ac: added Edit menu item for "Copy image of selected strands" (David Doty) [896](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/896)
- c9830cf: fixed menu for Copy Image (David Doty) [896](https://github.com/UC-Davis-molecular-computing/scadnano/pull/896)