Suggestion: Different circle color for segments/nodes/junctions

[originalfoo]

Currently I always get the yellow circle when dragging over node/junction/segment.

Would be nice to have some color changes:

• Yellow = over segment; clicking will create new crossing node
• Blue = over existing junction node (3+ segments connected to node)
• Green = over some other node (2 segments connected to node)
• Red (already have this) = unable to use at current location (eg. too close to junction)

[kianzarrin]

yellow overlay + tiny aesthetic circle is becoming my theme. I think its better to do it with mouse cursor:

• zebra crossing/new node : cursor=zebra
• new node highway: cursor=middle node
• junction: cursor=junction
• other node: cursor=road transition.

Chameleon gave me a bunch of Icon so Id like to put them to some use.

[originalfoo]

The cursors will certainly help, but I still think the key visual indicator for most users will be the color of the circle.

The big highlight circle on the road is much more attention-grabbing than small mouse cursor.

[kianzarrin]

Green: when inserting new node - Nearby middle nodes maybe moved because I indirectly call NetTool.SplitSegment(). This happens in the same way when you attach a new segment near a middle node. Also it resize nearby segments too
Yellow: when modifying existing node.
Red: in case of error/invalid

Alt+Click: to remove existing middle/custom nodes.
Control+Click to insert new middle node without moving nearby nodes.
Click to move nearby middle nodes. For curved roads I can also warn about buildings that are destroyed in the process by highlighting them as orange (bernardd/Crossings#1)

[originalfoo]

When a click will insert a crossing, what about having a white 'lane highlight' style shape that crosses the road where the crossing will go? Visually it will serve two purposes:

• Conveys to user a click at that point will insert a crossing (because it somewhat looks like one)
• Looks a bit like a "cut" across the road, hinting that the segment will be split in to two pieces

[kianzarrin]

chamelon should I put green for new node?

taggin @aubergine10

[chameleon-tbn]

You want to have that red circle as your brandmark if i remember right... :) I can create all cursors with any kind of border color and i already have created red, grey and green borders for the cursors... but on general i would say change the color of the circle in same way the color of the cursor change....

[kianzarrin]

@thebugfixnet I forgot to remove that red circle.
But what about the color of the overlay. should it be :

• green stripe when adding a node
• yellow circle/sausage when modifying node/segmentEnd.
• white when node/segment end is selected
• red stripe/circle/sousage in case of failure.

[chameleon-tbn]

Sounds good for me - but make the white please not too bright

[kianzarrin]

this is fixed