Mouse pointer position when dragging points

[gmaclennan]

When you create a new point, it is created with the base of the icon centered on the mouse pointer:

When you drag the point to move it, the mouse pointer changes to a more precise crosshair, but centered on the position on the icon where you start dragging, often near the center:

We have seen that this behavior confuses many users. They are unclear whether the 'true' position of the point is the base of the icon, or the center of the crosshair mouse pointer.

I'm not sure what the best solution is. My suggestion would be to move the point when the user starts dragging so that the crosshair is positioned where the point will be positioned. The current behavior easily leads to points being positioned inaccurately.

[bhousel]

I think @kepta might have fixed this already over the summer, but not sure - are you testing with the 1.9.x on osm.org or a 2.0 beta?

[gmaclennan]

I was testing on openstreetmap.org

[gmaclennan]

Just checked master - I see no change in behaviour.

[bhousel]

Thanks @gmaclennan for checking, I'll leave it open as something we should improve.

[bhousel]

We can hide the mouse pointer while dragging so there is no ambiguity.

[bhousel]

I ended up adding a little shadow shape to show the position of the feature while dragging