Screen Ruler

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by grafio

V1.7 Jul 4, 2006 8:08:09 PM

Measure pixels on your screen.

A virtual ruler! It's a useful tool for web designers and maybe for others too Simply click the grid in two places to measure the distance between the points (in pixels). To remove the points, click again. You can create straight lines with Shift key. You have to right click this widget to close it, because it covers the whole screen.

A simpler version of the ruler is included for Linux users, because widgets on Linux have problems with transparency. It will be detected and enabled automatically if you don't use Windows or Mac.

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VERSION 1.6: Now you can use Shift key to create straight lines. Thanks to d.i.z. for this idea

By grafio, # Jul 8, 2006 9:56:03 AM

Maybe I will

But you can read "X length" and "Y length" values instead of "Distance", that's the same as it would be in a straight line.

By grafio, # Jul 7, 2006 0:00:28 AM

Can you make it to create straight lines with Shift pressed?

By d.i.z., # Jul 6, 2006 8:24:26 PM

VERSION 1.5: Now a simpler version of the ruler is included for Linux users (widgets on Linux have problems with transparency). It will be detected and enabled automaticly if you don't use Windows or Mac.

Also I fixed the favicon

By grafio, # Jul 6, 2006 4:15:34 PM

It's really useful, thanks a lot!

By Meneldor, # Jul 5, 2006 1:10:48 PM

really cool! thnx

By seifip, # Jul 5, 2006 0:59:33 AM

Clever! Could do with some background transparency to make the boundaries of the grid more obvious, maybe?

And perhaps the X-Y co-ords could be calculated as the screen co-ords, instead of relative to the edges of the widget?

Great idea, very cleanly executed, and very, very useful!

By johnnysaucepn, # Jul 5, 2006 10:52:35 AM