Bug 474975 - Unclear how to select and move multiple frames at once, also difficult to select individual frames
Summary: Unclear how to select and move multiple frames at once, also difficult to sel...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: krita
Classification: Applications
Component: Usability (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: 5.2.0-rc1
Platform: Android Android 13.x
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Krita Bugs
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Keywords: triaged
: 505843 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2023-09-28 11:23 UTC by Redkitt3n14
Modified: 2025-10-20 17:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Redkitt3n14 2023-09-28 11:23:34 UTC
SUMMARY - ANIMATION AND USER INTERFACE ISSUE
difficult to use and inconsistently reacting touchscreen ui makes it very difficult to modify created frames on android


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. use finger or s-pen to click and drag from one frame to another
2. sometimes selected frame changes, sometimes the initial clicked frame's menu comes up, sometimes several frames are selected
the inconsistency for doing seemingly the same movement makes it very difficult to modify frames once they have been created

OBSERVED RESULT
inconsistant result - sometimes selector indicator moves, sometimes frame menu opens, sometimes selection starts, sometimes the selected frame is dragged

EXPECTED RESULT
one of these responses should be consistant - also there should be a way to mass select and move frames an touchscreen

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 dra.w.p.il.e+bugskde 2025-10-20 08:22:06 UTC
*** Bug 505843 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 dra.w.p.il.e+bugskde 2025-10-20 08:37:01 UTC
The inability to select multiple frames without a keyboard is basically just a missing feature. The layer list solved this by adding checkboxes to layers, but not sure how to solve it on the timeline.

That the timeline moves around when trying to drag frames is because kinetic scrolling is getting in the way. It's also very hard to use the zoom button thing, since most of the time it also just makes the timeline scroll around. Solving that fully probably requires digging around in Qt's scroller code a bunch, but a more workable solution could be to just not enable left-click or touch kinetic scrolling on the timeline widget and instead require the use of the scroll bars.
Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-10-20 17:38:07 UTC
A possibly relevant merge request was started @ https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita/-/merge_requests/2498