The 2-steps-to-edit process

vwRtx uses a 2-click activation UX. Why - because having it go into full edit mode every time it is dragged is frustrating. Put another way, although vwRtx is all about editing, it is better UX to allow the user to select an instance without being forced into edit mode too soon.

To avoid this frustratiion vwRtx uses a click counter and a 2-step activation process.

Click #1

This is counted as putting focus onto the vwRtx instance. When focused the vwRtx instance will put itself into the transformer so it can be sized and dragged, but it won't switch on the caret for typing yet. Only one vwRtx instance on the canvas may ve focused at any time.

The process of dragging the instance is counted as one click, meaning that we can drag and drop repeatedly without flipping into edit mode. When we finally get it to where we need it to be located, another click will make the instance activated and editable.

Click #2

The second click is makes the instance activated. In this state the caret is flashing and the instance is listening for mouse and keyboard input.

Related events

The following events are triggered in relation to this process.

Name	When triggered
focused	Triggered on the first click of an inactive vwRtx instance. Only one instance may be focused at any time.
defocused	Triggered when the user clicks away from the currently focused instance.
activated	Triggered on a further click of an vwRtx instance that is focused. Only one instance may be activated at any time.
de-activated	Triggered when the user clicks away from the currently activated instance.