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Fixes #451.

What and why

Ruler guides are listed as rows in their layer in the Layers panel, but a guide's row had no eye or lock, and a guide could only be hidden or locked from the panel with its whole layer. The panel's trash did not delete a guide, and Delete deleted the highlighted rows. The help lists a guide among the items that can be picked in the Layers panel, next to shapes, groups and paths (help page). The Layers help describes the eye and lock columns of each item, and says a drag across several eye icons hides several items (help page).

  • A guide's row (crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/rows.rs) draws the same eye and lock cells as other rows. A click hides or locks that guide alone, in one undo step, through layer.setProps on the guide's node. A drag down either column that passes guide rows sets them with the other rows, in one undo step. The row dims when the guide itself is hidden (model.rs), and a guide row's own drag does not start while a column drag passes it.
  • The cells work while the guide's layer is hidden or locked. The guide shows, or can be selected and moved, only when its own state and its layer both allow it. A hidden guide is not drawn and does not snap; a locked guide is drawn and snaps, but can't be selected, moved or deleted. These rules are VectorCraft's own.
  • Alt-click and Ctrl/Cmd+Alt-click on a guide row's eye or lock act on the other layers, naming the guide's layer, as on any row in that layer.
  • layer.setProps takes ruler guide ids in ids or id and applies visible and locked to them (crates/engine/src/cmd.rs, cmd/layer.rs, command_sets.rs TAKES_GUIDE_IDS, session/execute.rs). Every other command still refuses a guide's id.
  • Object › Lock › Selection and Object › Hide › Selection lock or hide the selected guides with the selected art, in one undo step, outside isolation mode and while Lock Guides is off (cmd/object/arrange.rs). Object › Unlock All and Object › Show All, with the default scope outside isolation mode, also unlock or show guides locked or hidden on their own, and select them as guides. The help names both Selection commands in the Object menu's Lock and Hide submenus (help page).
  • Guide rows dropped on the panel's trash delete their guides, in one undo step (guide.remove {indexes}, controls.rs). With no row highlighted, the trash button deletes the selected guides as well as the selected art. A click on a guide row clears the highlighted rows, so Delete then deletes the guide and not the rows highlighted before. The help says a selected guide is deleted with Backspace on Windows or Delete on macOS (help page).
  • guide.remove takes indexes as well as index. In guide.remove and guide.setLayer, giving both index and indexes, or an indexes that is not a list, is an error, and an index given twice counts once. An indexes list of guide.select, guide.remove or guide.setLayer holds at most 10,000 entries, and a longer one is an error.
  • guide.move, guide.remove and guide.setLayer on a guide hidden or locked on its own fail with "the guide is hidden or locked" (cmd/docmenu.rs). A guide on a hidden or locked layer still fails with "the guide is on a hidden or locked layer". The new message is in English in every language for now.
  • guide.list rows also carry the guide's id, hidden and locked. The per-guide flags are kept through save and reopen; the native file already stored them.
  • docs/mcp.md, the params text of guide.list, guide.select, guide.remove, guide.setLayer, layer.setProps, object.lock, object.hide, object.unlockAll and object.showAll, the Ruler guides line in docs/target-app-parity.md and the guide row in docs/ui-parity.md describe the new behavior. No translated string changed.

This changes existing behavior:

  • Unlock All and Show All used to skip ruler guides.
  • object.lock and object.hide used to need selected art; they now also run on guides selected alone and lock or hide them.
  • layer.setProps refused a guide's id.
  • guide.setLayer used index when both keys were given, fell back to the selected guides when indexes was not a list, and cut a longer indexes list at 10,000 entries without an error. Each of these is now an error.
  • guide.select accepted an indexes list of any length, and now refuses more than 10,000 entries.

How it was tested

New tests, each shown failing without the change:

  • panels::layers::tests::guide_rows_have_their_own_eye_and_lock (vectorcraft-ui-egui): the eye hides only the guide in one undo step, deselects it and dims its row; the lock locks only the guide, which still shows but can't be selected from its row; undo and redo restore and reapply the lock; the eye works while the layer is hidden; a drag down the eye column from the guide row to the rectangle hides both in one undo step; Alt-click on the guide row's eye and lock hides and locks the other layer and leaves the guide's layer and the guide alone.
  • panels::layers::tests::guide_rows_are_deleted_with_the_trash_and_delete (vectorcraft-ui-egui): a guide row dropped on the trash deletes its guide; the trash deletes a guide selected through its row; after a click on a guide row with a layer highlighted, Delete deletes the guide and leaves the layer.
  • tests::menucmds::lock_hide_unlock_and_show_all_reach_ruler_guides (vectorcraft-engine): Lock Selection on a guide selected alone, in one undo step, with undo and redo; Hide Selection on a guide selected with art, in one undo step; Unlock All and Show All unlock and show it and select it as a guide; with Lock Guides on it is not selected; in isolation mode Lock leaves it alone.
  • tests::menucmds::guide_remove_takes_several_indexes (vectorcraft-engine): several guides deleted in one undo step, a repeated index counted once, a locked guide or an unknown index deleting nothing, and a list of 10,001 entries refused by guide.select, guide.remove and guide.setLayer.
  • tests::menucmds::a_guide_hidden_or_locked_on_its_own_is_named_in_the_error (vectorcraft-engine): guide.move, guide.remove with index and with indexes, and guide.setLayer on a locked guide and on a hidden guide give the guide's own message; a guide on a locked layer gives the layer message.
  • tests::save::a_guide_hidden_or_locked_on_its_own_survives_save_and_reopen (vectorcraft-engine): of three guides, the hidden one and the locked one keep their state through Save, Close and Open in .vectorcraft, .pdf, .ai and .eps, and the third stays visible and unlocked.

Changed tests: ruler_guides_live_on_layers (index with indexes, a non-list indexes and a repeated index in guide.setLayer) and ruler_guide_nodes::ruler_guides_are_not_art_to_select_paint_or_inspect (Unlock All unlocks a guide and selects it as a guide) each fail without the change. The guide.list assertions in ruler_guides_select_move_and_delete, artboard_guides_go_with_their_artboard and guides_dragged_out_of_a_ruler_snap_and_take_the_artboard_tool_s_artboard include the new fields.

Focused checks on Linux. The branch is one commit on main at 1dbdbce91f and merges cleanly with it.

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo check --workspace --tests
  • cargo clippy -p vectorcraft-engine -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --all-targets -- -D warnings
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib guide: 107 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib lock_hide: 4 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib tests::save: 58 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --lib every_command: 6 passed; schemas: 17 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-engine --test it ruler_guide_nodes: 10 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib panels::layers::tests: 64 passed.
  • cargo test -p vectorcraft-ui-egui --lib i18n: 101 passed.
  • cargo xtask brands, layers (30 crates) and assets (337 files).
  • cargo xtask ci runs in this pull request's CI.

Checklist

  • cargo xtask ci passes (fmt, clippy, tests, assets, brands, layers, wasm).
  • No panics in shipped code: no unwrap(), expect(), panic!, unreachable!, todo! or
    unimplemented! outside tests, and no unchecked indexing on data from files, parameters or
    messages. Errors are returned as Result and shown to the user
    (why and how).
  • Clean-room: nothing copied from Adobe products or GPL/AGPL code (AGENTS.md).
  • Every new asset has a row in ASSETS.md.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Ruler guides now have individual visibility and lock controls in the Layers panel, and can be selected, moved between layers, or deleted by dragging them to the trash.
    • Lock, Hide, Unlock All, and Show All actions now include applicable ruler guides.
    • Guide listings include each guide’s ID and individual visibility and lock status.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Guide visibility and lock states are preserved when saving and reopening documents.
    • Guide actions now handle multiple indexes consistently and reject oversized index lists.

…rash

The eye and lock on a guide's row in the Layers panel hide or lock that
guide alone, in one undo step, and a drag down either column takes guide
rows along with the other rows it passes. A hidden guide is not drawn and
does not snap, and its row is dimmed; a locked guide is drawn and snaps
but can't be selected, moved or deleted. Both can be changed while the
guide's layer is hidden or locked, and the guide shows or can be edited
only when its layer allows it as well. The state is kept through save
and reopen.

- layer.setProps takes ruler guide node ids; every other command still
  refuses them.
- guide.list rows carry the guide's node id and its own hidden and
  locked state.
- Alt-click and Ctrl/Cmd+Alt-click on a guide row's eye or lock act on
  the other layers, as on any row in that layer.
- Object > Lock > Selection and Object > Hide > Selection lock or hide the
  selected ruler guides with the selected art, in one undo step, outside
  isolation mode. Unlock All and Show All, document scope, also unlock or
  show guides locked or hidden on their own and select them as guides.
- Guide rows dropped on the Layers panel's trash delete their guides
  (guide.remove {indexes}). A click on a guide row clears the highlighted
  rows, so Delete deletes the guide; with no row highlighted the trash
  deletes the selected guides.
- guide.remove and guide.setLayer refuse index together with indexes and
  an indexes value that is not a list, and count a repeated index once.
  guide.select, guide.remove and guide.setLayer refuse an indexes list of
  more than 10,000 entries; guide.setLayer cut such a list short before.
- Moving, deleting or moving to another layer a guide that is hidden or
  locked on its own fails with "the guide is hidden or locked"; a guide
  on a hidden or locked layer still fails with "the guide is on a hidden
  or locked layer".

Docs: docs/mcp.md, docs/target-app-parity.md, docs/ui-parity.md.
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  • crates/engine/src/cmd.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/object/arrange.rs
  • crates/engine/src/cmd/object/commands.rs
  • crates/engine/src/command_sets.rs
  • crates/engine/src/session.rs
  • crates/engine/src/session/execute.rs
  • crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs
  • crates/engine/src/tests/save.rs
  • crates/engine/tests/it/ruler_guide_nodes.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/controls.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/model.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/rows.rs
  • crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/tests.rs
  • docs/mcp.md
  • docs/target-app-parity.md
  • docs/ui-parity.md
Walkthrough

Ruler guides now have independent visibility and lock controls in the Layers panel. Guide-aware commands can target guides for selected lock and visibility actions, and guide management supports multi-index removal and layer moves with validation and deduplication.

Changes: Ruler Guide Controls

Layer / File(s) Summary
Guide IDs and command behavior
crates/engine/src/cmd.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/docmenu.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/layer.rs, crates/engine/src/command_sets.rs, crates/engine/src/session.rs, crates/engine/src/session/execute.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/save.rs, docs/mcp.md
Command validation allows guide IDs for layer.setProps. Guide listing includes IDs and individual state. Guide selection, removal, and layer moves validate index lists, reject hidden or locked guides, and deduplicate repeated indexes. Tests cover these operations and guide state after saving and reopening.
Object lock and visibility commands
crates/engine/src/cmd.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/object/arrange.rs, crates/engine/src/cmd/object/commands.rs, crates/engine/src/tests/menucmds.rs, crates/engine/tests/it/ruler_guide_nodes.rs, docs/mcp.md
Lock and Hide Selection include selected guides outside isolation when guides are unlocked. Unlock All and Show All include changed guides and select them as guides. Tests cover isolation and Lock Guides behavior.
Layers panel guide rows
crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/controls.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/model.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/rows.rs, crates/ui-egui/src/panels/layers/tests.rs, docs/mcp.md, docs/target-app-parity.md, docs/ui-parity.md
Guide rows support independent eye and lock controls, selection, and dragging. Hidden guides are dimmed. Dropping guide rows on the trash removes them. Tests cover row controls, selection, deletion, and undo/redo.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant LayersPanel
  participant Session
  participant LayerSetProps
  participant Document
  LayersPanel->>Session: Submit layer.setProps with guide ID
  Session->>LayerSetProps: Validate guide ID
  LayerSetProps->>Document: Update guide visibility or lock state
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This change gives ruler guides their own eye and lock controls in the Layers panel and lets them be deleted through the trash. No concrete merge-blocking risk was found in review. Normal CI results should still be confirmed before merging.

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Linked Issues check Warning Issue #451 has four requests: (1) guides snap to shape midpoints, (2) guides and shapes snap to artboard edges, (3) guides can be scoped to a single artboard, and (4) guides are listed in Layers so th… Implement the remaining #451 requirements or split them into a separate linked issue: snapping of guides and shapes to shape corners and midpoints; snapping of guides and shapes to artboard edges; and an option to scope a guide to a single …
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Title check Passed The title names the main change: ruler guide rows in the Layers panel gain their own eye and lock controls and can be sent to the trash. The raw summary confirms these changes (rows.rs, controls.rs, l…
Description check Passed The description follows the template's two required sections, 'What and why' and 'How it was tested', and includes the checklist. It explains the motivation, links issue #451, and gives a detailed acc…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes relate to the guide-in-Layers requirement of #451 or to the engine behavior needed to support it. Guide rows gain eye and lock controls and trash or Delete handling. layer.setProps, Lock/H…
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The title names the main change: ruler guide rows in the Layers panel gain their own eye and lock controls and can be sent to the trash. The raw summary confirms these changes (rows.rs, controls.rs, layer.setProps guide support, and trash deletion of guides). The title is 73 characters, which is a little long but still readable and specific.

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The description follows the template's two required sections, 'What and why' and 'How it was tested', and includes the checklist. It explains the motivation, links issue #451, and gives a detailed account of the behavior changes and the tests run. The checklist items are partly ticked, and the first item (cargo xtask ci) is unchecked, which the description states is pending in CI. The description is long and includes some detail beyond the template, but the required information is present.

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The changes relate to the guide-in-Layers requirement of #451 or to the engine behavior needed to support it. Guide rows gain eye and lock controls and trash or Delete handling. layer.setProps, Lock/Hide Selection, and Unlock All/Show All accept guides. guide.remove and guide.setLayer accept an indexes list so multiple guides can be deleted in one undo step, and guide.list reports per-guide id, hidden and locked. The 10,000-entry cap and the index/indexes conflict errors are input-hardening changes to the same guide commands. They are not requested by #451 by name, but they are connected to the multi-guide operations the PR adds and are documented as changed behavior. The doc updates describe these same changes. No unrelated change was identified in the summary.

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Issue #451 has four requests: (1) guides snap to shape midpoints, (2) guides and shapes snap to artboard edges, (3) guides can be scoped to a single artboard, and (4) guides are listed in Layers so they can be locked, unlocked, hidden and deleted. The PR implements request (4): guide rows get eye and lock cells (rows.rs), layer.setProps accepts guide ids (cmd/layer.rs, command_sets.rs), the trash and Delete remove guides (controls.rs), and Lock/Hide/Unlock All/Show All reach guides (cmd/object/arrange.rs). The PR summary and its description do not describe any change to midpoint snapping, artboard-edge snapping, or per-artboard guide scope. The PR description also states the work is limited to the Layers and engine command changes. Requests (1), (2) and (3) therefore show no implementation in this PR. The issue remains open, and the reviewed head contains no evidence of these behaviors. Coding requirements from #451 are unmet, so the PR does not fully fix #451 as its description claims.

Resolution

Implement the remaining #451 requirements or split them into a separate linked issue: snapping of guides and shapes to shape corners and midpoints; snapping of guides and shapes to artboard edges; and an option to scope a guide to a single artboard. Add automated tests for each behavior. Alternatively, change the PR description so it does not say it fixes #451 and link the PR to the layers-only part of the issue.

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@coderabbitai The other three requests in #451 were done in #454, merged as d8e7907: guides dragged out of the rulers snap to shape corners, side midpoints and artboard edges, and a guide dragged out with the Artboard tool belongs to that artboard (crates/doc/src/guides.rs:14, crates/doc/src/document_guides.rs:474 on main). The maintainer kept #451 open only for guides as Layers rows (#451 (comment)). This pull request adds that part, so Fixes #451 stays. No code changed.

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#!/bin/bash
set +e
printf '%s\n' '=== Issue 451 ==='
gh api repos/storytold/vectorcraft/issues/451 --jq '{title,state,body}'
printf '%s\n' '=== Cited issue comment ==='
gh api repos/storytold/vectorcraft/issues/comments/6055898245 --jq '{user:.user.login,body,html_url}'
printf '%s\n' '=== Pull request 454 ==='
gh api repos/storytold/vectorcraft/pulls/454 --jq '{title,state,merged_at,merge_commit_sha,body}'
printf '%s\n' '=== Outlines of cited source files ==='
ast-grep outline crates/doc/src/guides.rs --items all
ast-grep outline crates/doc/src/document_guides.rs --items all
printf '%s\n' '=== Guide source around cited locations ==='
cat -n crates/doc/src/guides.rs | sed -n '1,140p'
cat -n crates/doc/src/document_guides.rs | sed -n '420,550p'
printf '%s\n' '=== Guide snapping and artboard references ==='
rg -n -C 3 -i 'snap|artboard' crates/doc/src/guides.rs crates/doc/src/document_guides.rs | head -n 240

Length of output: 40738


@dotCooCoo Thank you for the correction. I withdraw the linked-issue finding.

#454 added guide snapping and artboard-scoped guides. Its description also says moving shapes already snapped to artboard edges with Smart Guides enabled. The maintainer’s comment confirms that guide rows were the remaining part of #451.

Fixes #451 can stay. Sorry I missed the earlier work.


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