GPencil: Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point #79313

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Tomasz Kaye · 2020-07-27T11:16:12+02:00

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-07-27 11:16:12 +02:00

System Information
Operating system: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine ATI Technologies Inc. 4.1 ATI-3.5.5

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.90.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-06-28 15:13, hash: b21ba5e579

Short description of error
GPencil Edit mode > Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point.

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error

Open a new 2d animation workspace
Do a momentary click to place a single GPencil point
Enter edit mode and select that point
Press E to extrude from the point. Move the new point to the right and click to confirm the extrusion.
Double press A to deselect all points
Select > Select Last
The original GPencil point is selected, while the newer extruded point ought to be.

Notes
My guess is that it has to do with the stroke initially having only one point. A special case because initially that point could be treated as either the beginning or end of the stroke.

Perhaps in the case of single-point strokes the original point ought to be forced to become the stroke start when that point is first extruded.

**System Information** Operating system: Darwin-19.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: AMD Radeon Pro 580 OpenGL Engine ATI Technologies Inc. 4.1 ATI-3.5.5 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.90.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2020-06-28 15:13, hash: `b21ba5e579` **Short description of error** GPencil Edit mode > Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point. ![Screenshot 2020-07-27 at 11.13.14.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8722858/Screenshot_2020-07-27_at_11.13.14.png) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** * Open a new 2d animation workspace * Do a momentary click to place a single GPencil point * Enter edit mode and select that point * Press E to extrude from the point. Move the new point to the right and click to confirm the extrusion. * Double press A to deselect all points * Select > Select Last * The original GPencil point is selected, while the newer extruded point ought to be. **Notes** My guess is that it has to do with the stroke initially having only one point. A special case because initially that point could be treated as either the beginning or end of the stroke. Perhaps in the case of single-point strokes the original point ought to be forced to become the stroke start when that point is first extruded.

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-07-27 11:16:12 +02:00

Added subscriber: @info-27

Antonio Vazquez changed title from ~~GPencil. Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point~~ to GPencil: Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point

2020-07-27 15:57:22 +02:00

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-07-27 15:59:57 +02:00

Added subscriber: @antoniov

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-07-27 15:59:57 +02:00

Changed status from 'Needs Triage' to: 'Archived'

Antonio Vazquez closed this issue

2020-07-27 15:59:57 +02:00

Antonio Vazquez self-assigned this 2020-07-27 15:59:57 +02:00

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-07-27 15:59:57 +02:00

This is not a bug. Select Last means select last point of the stroke, not last point created. In GPencil there is not the concept of active vertex.

If you look at your example, the last point is in the left side... look at this image:

You can display the start and end of any selected stroke with the overlay option.

Thanks for the report, but as this is not a bug, I'm going to close it.

This is not a bug. Select `Last` means select last point of the stroke, not last point created. In GPencil there is not the concept of active vertex. If you look at your example, the last point is in the left side... look at this image: ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8723239/image.png) You can display the start and end of any selected stroke with the overlay option. Thanks for the report, but as this is not a bug, I'm going to close it.

Tomasz Kaye commented

2020-07-27 17:16:13 +02:00

Yes, I understand. The issue is that this is at odds with how drawn stokes work; the part of the stroke created later is seen as the end. Is there a (non-technical) reason this should be different for strokes extruded from a point?

Yes, I understand. The issue is that this is at odds with how drawn stokes work; the part of the stroke created later is seen as the end. Is there a (non-technical) reason this should be different for strokes extruded from a point? ![image.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F8723343/image.png)

Antonio Vazquez commented

2020-07-29 11:20:29 +02:00

@info-27 Fixed in 659db0592d

@info-27 Fixed in 659db0592d22

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GPencil: Select Last unexpectedly selects the oldest point (instead of the newest) with strokes extruded from a single Gpencil point #79313