Measure at arbitrary angles

[Burtfaceman]

Hi. I like the app, but I'd like to be able to measure distances at arbitrary angles. The screenshot in the Microsoft Store shows this capability, but the app doesn't appear to have that functionality. How does one enable measurement at arbitrary angles?

Here's the screenshot from Microsoft Store:

This is what installed on my computer:

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac i might be wrong but the picture from the store is a different ruler then yours correct?
although i think the angle feature would be cool

[andrijac]

I would need help with this. @IsaacMorris1980 can you implement it?

[IsaacMorris1980]

I can try to implement it do we want to revamp right click menu or just add the angle ability

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac Do we want this to be a command line paramater as well?

[andrijac]

Add option to right click menu to change angle. We could open up the dialog to adjust it. While adjusting angle through dialog, it would be nice to see it changing.
I don't know if it would be possible to change angle by dragging the ruler in some way... I guess if we make it possible to go into angle position, it would not be a problem to change angle by dragging it (for example while holding some special key).
If implemented, we should add command line params too, an angle parameter.

[andrijac]

@Burtfaceman yeah, this is different ruler, this ruler is not in Microsoft Store.

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac looks like i can not implement this using winforms the form itself will not rotate i can rotate the text but it is not usefull
checking if wpf would allow it to be rotated

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac Having an issue rotating the wpf window as well still researching it.

[andrijac]

I suspected that it was hard to do... If it's not possible, leave it.

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac the only potenial way is to make a headless full screen transparent window then draw the ruler as a movable control ontop of the window but it would block access to everything else on the screen. So i am leaving it unless it is acceptable to block access to the screen.

[GodSaveEarth]

Sorry for necroposting, but +1 for custom angle ruler.

Even with "locked" rectangle area under rotated ruler would be at least temporary solution.

[IsaacMorris1980]

Re-researching

[IsaacMorris1980]

@andrijac i think i found a way to do this but it would change the project from winforms to a wpf project are you ok wth that

i can make a wpf page transparent allowing mouse clicks to access the desktop and host the winform ruler as a control still researching angles

i will make a second repo to test that this will fully work

[andrijac]

@IsaacMorris1980 that would be complete rewrite of the app. You would need to implement all the same functionality in new app. If you think you have time to do it, go ahead, you can try in separate branch in same repo, just add new project to solution and give it a try there.