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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0017528ScribusGraphics / Image Framespublic2025-06-11 21:16
ReporterAdmFubar Assigned Tojghali  
PrioritynormalSeveritytweakReproducibilityalways
Status resolvedResolutionwon't fix 
PlatformLinuxOSopenSUSEOS Version15.5
Product Version1.7.0 
Summary0017528: Object rotation input field is backwards
DescriptionThe numeric values will increase when rotating an object counter clockwise. This is counter intuitive to how this is commonly implemented in other graphics programs, (gimp, inkscape, krita) plus this is rotational reference is take from directional compass degrees. This should follow the same pattern.

Additional InformationNoted this behavior in 1.5.8 through 1.7.0
Tagsobjects, rotate
PatchNo

Relationships

related to 0017529 resolvedjghali Accept negative values for the rotation in the properties palette 

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ale

2025-05-19 05:20

manager   ~0052623

this has also been discussed in the forums:

https://forums.scribus.net/index.php/topic,6135.msg26179.html

jghali

2025-05-21 18:06

administrator   ~0052628

We indeed use the mathematical definition of rotation : when rotation angle is positive, rotation direction is counterclockwise.

ale

2025-05-21 19:11

manager   ~0052631

the main issue i see, is that scribus does not have negative rotations.

allowing the user to enter negative value (as proposed in the other ticket) would probably help.
displaying negative values would also be useful but, then, scribus would need to keep the entered value (guessing if a value should be shown as a positive value or a negative one won't probably always be right).

i also checked what indesign does, and it seems to do the same as scribus currently does.
krita seems to act like gimp and inskape.

personally, i'm still for doing the same as the other free tools but if there is no chance for this happen, please:

- consider to allow the input of negative values (so that the user does not have to do the calculations)
- close this ticket as "won't fix"

cbradney

2025-05-21 20:44

administrator   ~0052633

Jean and I agree we need to keep the current rotation aligning to Indesign. However allowing negative values makes sense

jghali

2025-06-11 21:16

administrator   ~0052741

Per last remark, this issue is a won't fix. A patch has been applied to 1.6.x branch and trunk as part of 0017529 so that negative angle values get automatically adjusted to positive values.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2025-05-18 20:54 AdmFubar New Issue
2025-05-18 20:54 AdmFubar Tag Attached: objects
2025-05-18 20:54 AdmFubar Tag Attached: rotate
2025-05-19 05:20 ale Note Added: 0052623
2025-05-21 18:06 jghali Note Added: 0052628
2025-05-21 19:11 ale Note Added: 0052631
2025-05-21 20:44 cbradney Note Added: 0052633
2025-05-22 05:48 ale Relationship added related to 0017529
2025-06-11 21:16 jghali Assigned To => jghali
2025-06-11 21:16 jghali Status new => resolved
2025-06-11 21:16 jghali Resolution open => won't fix
2025-06-11 21:16 jghali Note Added: 0052741
2025-06-11 21:16 jghali Summary Object rotation input field is is backwards => Object rotation input field is backwards