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Icon in Main toolbar for Pen toolbar should not change; interrupts drawing "flow"

  • April 27, 2023
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Currently, the icon representing the Pen toolbar in the Main toolbar changes to reflect the most recently selected tool in the Pen toolbar. This icon should not change because it makes it more difficult to identify which icon in the Main toolbar needs to be selected to open the Pen toolbar.

This request is from the perspective of using an Apple Pencil to do extensive drawing in the iOS app on an iPad, but it applies to any scenario where the user is using the app to primarily draw with a stylus.

Forcing the user to think about which icon to select to open the Pen toolbar interrupts “flow”. This is particularly a problem when the user is primarily drawing with a stylus. It is compounded by the fact that, currently, the Pen toolbar automatically closes when selecting a tool from the Main toolbar (see Need ability to "pin" the Pen toolbar to keep it open | Miro). If the Pen toolbar always remained open, changing the icon in the Main toolbar would not be as much of a problem.

There should be a single icon that represents the Pen toolbar in the Main toolbar. I can’t see any benefit to changing the icon to represent the most recently selected tool. A combination of the Pen and Lasso icons in one icon might be sufficient.

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