Merge pull request #427 from storytold/fix/direct-anchor-snap

Direct Selection: dragged anchors snap to points and smart guides

ROADMAP.md

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VectorCraft is a clean-room, open-source, pure-Rust reimplementation of the Adob
 
 This file tracks **how far we are and what's left**. Time estimates are wall-clock hours of continuous Claude Opus 5.5 agent work (including builds and the CI gate), given both for **one agent** and for **4–6 parallel agents** on disjoint crates. They are counted from the remaining work (see [Parity estimate](#parity-estimate)), calibrated against measured throughput, and updated as work lands.
 
-_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394) and skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416); see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05))._
+_Last updated: 2026-10-08 (after M4.14–M4.98, M8.1–M8.20, M14.4–M14.7, the MCP prompts, resource templates, completions and logging, the 2026-10-07 issue fixes, the Layers panel rework and the 2026-10-08 community contributions: Pen and shape-tool modifiers, path editing, Layers, Artboards, Swatches/Brushes and dialogs, Japanese composition and PDF text, Hebrew/Arabic type, interface languages (Spanish among them), the font menu, saved selections, MCP and EPS, the missing-font export warning (#319), open paths in the Shape Builder (#374), PDF/`.ai` import keeping strokes live and hidden and nested layers (#372), per-corner Live Corners (#381), SVG type opening at the size it draws at (#396), the Wayland clipboard with copied-file paste (#398), ruler guides that can be selected, moved and deleted (#414), two batches of Preferences options that were stored but unused (#394) skeleton reads with `document.find` for large documents over MCP (#416) and anchors dragged with Direct Selection snapping to points, segments and smart guides; see [Honest assessment](#honest-assessment-2026-10-05))._
 
 ## Where we are
 
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exist
   - **Panel drag and drop:** art dragged off the canvas onto the Symbols panel becomes a symbol, onto the Swatches panel a pattern swatch and onto the Brushes panel an Art brush; a symbol dragged onto the canvas places an instance where it is dropped, and a brush dragged onto a path is applied to it.
   - **Tool double-clicks:** double-clicking a tool's button opens its options: Hand fits the artboard in the window, Zoom shows 100 %, Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear open their Object › Transform dialogs, the Selection, Direct Selection and Group Selection tools the Move dialog (Enter opens these seven tools' dialogs too), Gradient, Eyedropper, Blend and the Liquify tools their panels or options, and the Pencil, Paintbrush, Smooth, Blob Brush and Eraser tools their Tool Options (Fidelity, fill, the tolerances, the brush size).
 - **Layers panel:** every layer, sublayer, group and object is a clickable row at any depth: a click highlights it and makes its layer current (new art goes there), Shift-click a range, Ctrl/Cmd-click toggles. Sublayers are no longer treated as objects: clicks, marquees, Select All and the Select menu take the art inside them, and each sublayer selects in its own colour. Selection squares on rows with selected art (click selects a row's art, Shift adds or removes; dragging the square moves the selection to another row, Alt copies), the eye and lock on every row with drag-down-the-column (one undo step), Ctrl/Cmd-click an eye for per-layer Outline, Alt-click an eye or lock to hide or lock the other layers (again: show or unlock them all), triangles with Alt to open or close everything inside, drag and drop rows above, below or into layers and groups with a drop line (Alt copies, the trash deletes), inline rename, Delete key on highlighted rows. Buttons and the full panel menu: New Layer/Sublayer (Alt: options, Ctrl: on top), Duplicate, Delete, Options for Selection, clipping mask, isolation, Locate Object, Merge Selected, Flatten Artwork, Collect in New Layer, Release to Layers (Sequence and Build), Reverse Order, Template, Hide/Outline/Lock Others and Show/Preview/Unlock All, Paste Remembers Layers, Panel Options (row size, thumbnails per kind, Show Layers Only). Layer Options: name, colour (presets or custom), Template, Lock, Show, Print, Preview (outline drawing and clicking) and Dim Images to %. Every operation is a command (`layer.move`, `layer.highlight`, `layer.merge`…) with validation against cycles and invalid nesting.
-- **Drawing aids:** Smart Guides and snapping (moving, and resizing by the bounding-box handles: the dragged edges align with the other objects; the Artboard tool snaps artboards, and their bleed, to other artboards, bleeds and art, the grid or whole pixels while moving, copying and resizing them, and the Transform panel shows and edits the active artboard's X/Y/W/H), guides dragged out of the rulers (Shift snaps them to the ruler's ticks) that the Selection, Direct Selection and Group Selection tools then pick and drag (#414: the selected guides highlight and move together, Alt copies them, Shift snaps the dragged one to the ticks, otherwise it snaps to pixels, the grid or the art's edges, centres and anchors; the arrow keys nudge them, Delete deletes them, dragging one back onto its ruler deletes it, Lock Guides and Hide Guides leave them alone; `guide.list`, `guide.select`, `guide.move` and `guide.remove` reach agents), and Draw Normal / Behind / Inside modes.
+- **Drawing aids:** Smart Guides and snapping (moving, with the Selection, Group Selection or Direct Selection tool, and resizing by the bounding-box handles: the dragged edges align with the other objects; anchors dragged with Direct Selection: the one pressed on lands on other anchors, its own path's that stay put among them, on path segments or in line with them, the others following, Shift keeps 45° steps, and with Smart Guides off Snap to Point pulls it onto anchors; the Artboard tool snaps artboards, and their bleed, to other artboards, bleeds and art, the grid or whole pixels while moving, copying and resizing them, and the Transform panel shows and edits the active artboard's X/Y/W/H), guides dragged out of the rulers (Shift snaps them to the ruler's ticks) that the Selection, Direct Selection and Group Selection tools then pick and drag (#414: the selected guides highlight and move together, Alt copies them, Shift snaps the dragged one to the ticks, otherwise it snaps to pixels, the grid or the art's edges, centres and anchors; the arrow keys nudge them, Delete deletes them, dragging one back onto its ruler deletes it, Lock Guides and Hide Guides leave them alone; `guide.list`, `guide.select`, `guide.move` and `guide.remove` reach agents), and Draw Normal / Behind / Inside modes.
 - **Views:** the status bar's artboard navigator (first, previous, next, last; `view.goToArtboard`) goes to an artboard and fits it, and Fit Artboard in Window and Actual Size show the navigator's artboard. The Artboards panel highlights that active artboard: clicking a row makes it active (the Artboard tool's too, while it is chosen) as does clicking an artboard with the Artboard tool, double-clicking its number also fits it in the window and double-clicking its name renames it.
 - **Geometry and effects:**
   - Pathfinder (10 exact curve booleans), Offset, Outline Stroke, Simplify, Clean Up, Split Into Grid, Divide Objects Below. Object › Path › Remove Anchor Points (`path.removeAnchors`) removes the direct-selected anchors without opening their paths (the Delete key still deletes them with their segments): the neighbours keep their handle directions and their facing handles are refitted so one cubic follows the two old segments, and straight sides stay straight. The Delete Anchor Point tool uses the same refit. The Control bar, the contextual task bar, the Properties quick actions and the canvas context menu offer it when anchors are selected.

crates/tools/src/direct.rs

@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 //! Direct Selection (A) and Group Selection tools.
 //!
 //! Direct Selection: click an anchor to select it (Shift toggles), click a segment to select the
-//! path's anchors on that segment, drag to move selected anchors, drag a direction handle to
+//! path's anchors on that segment, drag to move selected anchors (the one pressed on snaps to
+//! anchors, segments and Smart Guides, or with them off Snap to Point; Shift keeps the move at 45°
+//! steps), drag a direction handle to
 //! reshape (Shift keeps it at 45° steps round its anchor, Alt moves it alone; smart guides snap
 //! it), marquee to select anchors, drag a live rectangle's corner widget to round its corners
 //! (the selected ones when anchors are selected; Alt-click cycles their kind, double-click opens
 //! the Corners dialog).
 //! Group Selection: click selects the leaf; each further click on it adds the next enclosing group.
+//! Both move objects selected as a whole as the Selection tool does, snapping alike.
 //! Both pick the key objects of a blend, and click or drag ruler guides ([`crate::rulerguide`]).
 //! Direct Selection also edits a blend's spine: drag its points (a key object on a point moves
 //! with it) and, once a point is clicked, its handles; and the points of selected gradient meshes
@@ -26,16 +29,20 @@ use vectorcraft_geom::{PathData, Point, Rect};
 
 use crate::bbox::move_delta;
 use crate::corners::{self, CornerDrag, over_widget};
+use crate::guides::{PointSnap, Targets};
 use crate::meshedit::MeshEdit;
 use crate::rulerguide::GuideEdit;
-use crate::select::{is_area_type, matrix_json};
+use crate::select::{MoveSnap, is_area_type, matrix_json};
 use crate::{Action, Cursor, Mods, Overlay, PointerEvent, PointerKind, Tool, ToolContext};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 enum State {
     Idle,
+    /// Dragging the selected anchors, which move alike: `grab` is where the anchor pressed on (or
+    /// the pointer on a segment) was, the point that snaps.
     MoveAnchors {
         start: Point,
+        grab: Point,
         began: bool,
     },
     MoveObject {
@@ -94,8 +101,12 @@ pub struct DirectSelectionTool {
     /// The spine point last clicked (blend, anchor): its handles show and can be dragged.
     spine: Option<(NodeId, usize)>,
     mesh: MeshEdit,
-    /// Smart guides of the handle being dragged.
+    /// Smart guides of the handle, anchors or objects being dragged.
     guides: Vec<Overlay>,
+    /// What the dragged anchors snap to, gathered when the drag begins.
+    anchor_snap: Option<PointSnap>,
+    /// What the objects being moved snap to, gathered when the move begins.
+    move_snap: Option<MoveSnap>,
     /// The anchor under the pointer (Highlight anchors on mouse over): its path, where it is.
     hover: Option<(NodeId, Point)>,
     guide: GuideEdit,
@@ -103,7 +114,17 @@ pub struct DirectSelectionTool {
 
 impl DirectSelectionTool {
     pub fn new(group: bool) -> Self {
-        Self { group, state: State::Idle, spine: None, mesh: MeshEdit::default(), guides: vec![], hover: None, guide: GuideEdit::default() }
+        Self {
+            group,
+            state: State::Idle,
+            spine: None,
+            mesh: MeshEdit::default(),
+            guides: vec![],
+            anchor_snap: None,
+            move_snap: None,
+            hover: None,
+            guide: GuideEdit::default(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -170,12 +191,12 @@ fn anchor_owners(cx: &ToolContext, f: fn(&Node) -> bool) -> Vec<NodeId> {
     v
 }
 
-/// Anchor of any visible path or area type frame under `p`, topmost first.
-fn hit_anchor(cx: &ToolContext, p: Point, tol: f64) -> Option<(NodeId, usize, usize)> {
+/// Anchor of any visible path or area type frame under `p`, topmost first: (id, si, ai, where it is).
+fn hit_anchor(cx: &ToolContext, p: Point, tol: f64) -> Option<(NodeId, usize, usize, Point)> {
     let owners = anchor_owners(cx, |n| matches!(n.kind, NodeKind::Path { .. }) || is_area_type(n));
     owners.into_iter().find_map(|id| {
         let pd = cx.doc.node(id).and_then(editable_path)?;
-        pd.anchors().find(|(_, _, a)| a.p.distance(p) <= tol).map(|(si, ai, _)| (id, si, ai))
+        pd.anchors().find(|(_, _, a)| a.p.distance(p) <= tol).map(|(si, ai, a)| (id, si, ai, a.p))
     })
 }
 
@@ -310,12 +331,12 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                     self.state = State::SpinePoint { id, anchor, from, start: p, began: false };
                     return if cx.selection.contains(id) { vec![] } else { vec![Action::Exec("select.set".into(), json!({"ids": [id.0]}))] };
                 }
-                if let Some((id, si, ai)) = hit_anchor(cx, p, tol) {
+                if let Some((id, si, ai, grab)) = hit_anchor(cx, p, tol) {
                     if cx.doc.node(id).is_some_and(is_area_type) {
                         return self.press_type_area(cx, id, vec![(si, ai)], p, ev.mods.shift);
                     }
                     let already = cx.selection.partial(id).is_some_and(|s| s.contains(&(si, ai)));
-                    self.state = State::MoveAnchors { start: p, began: false };
+                    self.state = State::MoveAnchors { start: p, grab, began: false };
                     if ev.mods.shift {
                         return vec![Action::Exec("select.anchors".into(), json!({"id": id.0, "anchors": [[si, ai]], "mode": "toggle"}))];
                     }
@@ -346,7 +367,7 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                         self.state = if s.curved {
                             State::Segment { id: h.leaf, si: s.si, seg: s.seg, t: s.t, start: p, began: false }
                         } else {
-                            State::MoveAnchors { start: p, began: false }
+                            State::MoveAnchors { start: p, grab: p, began: false }
                         };
                         if selected {
                             return vec![];
@@ -367,16 +388,25 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                 self.state = State::Marquee { start: p, cur: p, add: ev.mods.shift };
                 vec![]
             }
-            (PointerKind::Drag, State::MoveAnchors { start, began }) => {
+            (PointerKind::Drag, State::MoveAnchors { start, grab, began }) => {
                 let mut out = vec![];
                 if !began {
                     if p.distance(start) < cx.tol(3.0) {
                         return out;
                     }
                     out.push(Action::Begin("Move".into()));
-                    self.state = State::MoveAnchors { start, began: true };
+                    self.state = State::MoveAnchors { start, grab, began: true };
+                    self.anchor_snap = Some(PointSnap::new(cx, || Targets::for_anchor_drag(cx.doc, cx.selection)));
+                }
+                let mut d = move_delta(start, p, ev.mods.shift);
+                // The grabbed anchor snaps and the others follow it; Shift keeps the angle instead.
+                self.guides.clear();
+                if !ev.mods.shift
+                    && let Some(snap) = &self.anchor_snap
+                {
+                    let (q, guides) = snap.snap(cx, grab + d);
+                    (d, self.guides) = (q - grab, guides);
                 }
-                let d = move_delta(start, p, ev.mods.shift);
                 out.push(Action::Preview("path.moveAnchors".into(), json!({"dx": d.x, "dy": d.y})));
                 out
             }
@@ -404,8 +434,12 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                     }
                     out.push(Action::Begin("Move".into()));
                     self.state = State::MoveObject { start, began: true };
+                    self.move_snap = Some(MoveSnap::new(cx));
+                }
+                let mut d = move_delta(start, p, ev.mods.shift);
+                if let Some(snap) = &self.move_snap {
+                    (d, self.guides) = snap.snap(cx, start, d);
                 }
-                let d = move_delta(start, p, ev.mods.shift);
                 out.push(Action::Preview(
                     "object.transform".into(),
                     json!({"matrix": matrix_json(vectorcraft_geom::Affine::translate(d)), "copy": ev.mods.alt}),
@@ -477,6 +511,8 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                 | State::TypeArea { began, .. },
             ) => {
                 self.state = State::Idle;
+                self.guides.clear();
+                (self.anchor_snap, self.move_snap) = (None, None);
                 if began { vec![Action::Commit] } else { vec![] }
             }
             (PointerKind::Up, State::Handle { .. } | State::SpineHandle { .. }) => {
@@ -517,7 +553,7 @@ impl Tool for DirectSelectionTool {
                 if !self.group {
                     out.extend(frame_overlays(cx));
                 }
-                if matches!(self.state, State::Handle { .. }) {
+                if matches!(self.state, State::Handle { .. } | State::MoveAnchors { .. } | State::MoveObject { .. }) {
                     out.extend(self.guides.iter().cloned());
                 }
                 if let Some((id, p)) = self.hover.filter(|_| matches!(self.state, State::Idle)) {
@@ -793,4 +829,92 @@ mod tests {
         let a = t.pointer(&cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, 150.0, 81.0));
         assert!(matches!(&a[..], [Action::Begin(_), Action::Preview(c, _)] if c == "object.transform"), "{a:?}");
     }
+
+    /// [`doc_with_rect`] (A, 100..200) and a second square B, 300..400: (A, B).
+    fn two_squares() -> (vectorcraft_doc::Document, NodeId, NodeId) {
+        let (mut d, a) = doc_with_rect();
+        let l = d.layers[0].id;
+        let b = d.alloc_id();
+        let sq = vectorcraft_geom::shapes::rectangle(Rect::new(300.0, 300.0, 400.0, 400.0));
+        d.insert(Some(l), 1, vectorcraft_doc::Node::path(b, sq, vectorcraft_doc::Appearance::default_art())).unwrap();
+        (d, a, b)
+    }
+
+    /// The anchors `anchors` of path `id` direct-selected.
+    fn anchors_of(id: NodeId, anchors: &[AnchorRef]) -> Selection {
+        let mut s = Selection::default();
+        s.set([id]);
+        s.anchors.insert(id, anchors.iter().copied().collect());
+        s
+    }
+
+    /// Press at `from`, drag to `to`: the move the drag previews, and the smart guide labels shown.
+    fn drag(t: &mut DirectSelectionTool, cx: &ToolContext, from: (f64, f64), to: (f64, f64), mods: Mods) -> (Value, Vec<String>) {
+        t.pointer(cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Down, from.0, from.1).with_mods(mods));
+        let a = t.pointer(cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Drag, to.0, to.1).with_mods(mods));
+        let Some(Action::Preview(_, v)) = a.last() else { panic!("{a:?}") };
+        let labels = t
+            .overlays(cx)
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|o| match o {
+                Overlay::Label { text, .. } => Some(text),
+                _ => None,
+            })
+            .collect();
+        assert_eq!(t.pointer(cx, &PointerEvent::new(PointerKind::Up, to.0, to.1).with_mods(mods)), vec![Action::Commit]);
+        assert!(t.overlays(cx).iter().all(|o| !matches!(o, Overlay::Label { .. })), "the guides go with the drag");
+        (v.clone(), labels)
+    }
+
+    /// A dragged anchor lands on another path's anchor or segment, lines up with the other anchors
+    /// of its own path, and with several selected the one pressed on snaps, the others following.
+    #[test]
+    fn dragged_anchors_snap_to_points_segments_and_smart_guides() {
+        let (d, _, b) = two_squares();
+        let p = paint();
+        let none = Mods::default();
+        let one = anchors_of(b, &[(0, 0)]);
+        let c = cx(&d, &one, &p);
+        let mut t = DirectSelectionTool::new(false);
+        // B's top-left corner, pressed 1 pt off, onto A's bottom-right one.
+        let (v, labels) = drag(&mut t, &c, (301.0, 301.0), (203.0, 199.0), none);
+        assert_eq!((v, labels), (json!({"dx": -100.0, "dy": -100.0}), vec!["anchor".to_string()]));
+        // Onto A's right side.
+        let (v, labels) = drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (203.0, 150.0), none);
+        assert_eq!((v, labels), (json!({"dx": -100.0, "dy": -150.0}), vec!["path".to_string()]));
+        // In line with B's own bottom-left corner, which stays put.
+        let (v, labels) = drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (303.0, 330.0), none);
+        assert_eq!((v, labels), (json!({"dx": 0.0, "dy": 30.0}), vec!["align".to_string()]));
+        // Shift keeps the move at 45° steps, unsnapped.
+        let (v, labels) = drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (203.0, 199.0), Mods { shift: true, ..none });
+        let s = move_delta(Point::new(300.0, 300.0), Point::new(203.0, 199.0), true);
+        assert_eq!((v, labels), (json!({"dx": s.x, "dy": s.y}), vec![]));
+        // Two anchors: the one pressed on (B's top-right) lands on A's corner.
+        let two = anchors_of(b, &[(0, 0), (0, 1)]);
+        let c = cx(&d, &two, &p);
+        let (v, _) = drag(&mut t, &c, (400.0, 300.0), (202.0, 198.0), none);
+        assert_eq!(v, json!({"dx": -200.0, "dy": -100.0}));
+        // Smart Guides off: Snap to Point pulls within its distance (2 px) only.
+        let c = ToolContext { smart_guides: false, ..cx(&d, &one, &p) };
+        assert_eq!(drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (201.0, 199.0), none).0, json!({"dx": -100.0, "dy": -100.0}));
+        assert_eq!(drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (203.0, 199.0), none).0, json!({"dx": -97.0, "dy": -101.0}));
+        let c = ToolContext { smart_guides: false, snap_to_point: false, ..cx(&d, &one, &p) };
+        assert_eq!(drag(&mut t, &c, (300.0, 300.0), (201.0, 199.0), none).0, json!({"dx": -99.0, "dy": -101.0}));
+    }
+
+    /// Group Selection (and Direct Selection on a whole path) moves objects snapping as the
+    /// Selection tool does: B's left side lines up with A's right one.
+    #[test]
+    fn moved_objects_snap_with_smart_guides() {
+        let (d, _, b) = two_squares();
+        let p = paint();
+        let mut s = Selection::default();
+        s.set([b]);
+        let c = cx(&d, &s, &p);
+        for group in [true, false] {
+            let mut t = DirectSelectionTool::new(group);
+            let (v, _) = drag(&mut t, &c, (350.0, 350.0), (253.0, 351.0), Mods::default());
+            assert_eq!(v["matrix"], json!([1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0, -100.0, 1.0]), "group: {group}");
+        }
+    }
 }

crates/tools/src/guides.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
-//! Smart Guides: snapping to anchors, object bounds (edges/centres), artboards, with the magenta
-//! construction lines and labels Illustrator users expect.
+//! Smart Guides: snapping to anchors, path segments (for dragged anchors), object bounds
+//! (edges/centres), artboards, with the magenta construction lines and labels Illustrator users
+//! expect.
 
 use vectorcraft_doc::hit::{HitOptions, hit_test};
-use vectorcraft_doc::{Document, NodeId, NodeKind, OrientedBox};
-use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Point, Rect, Vec2};
+use vectorcraft_doc::{Document, NodeId, NodeKind, OrientedBox, Selection};
+use vectorcraft_geom::kurbo::ParamCurveNearest;
+use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Line, ParamCurve, PathSeg, Point, Rect, SubPath, Vec2};
 
 use crate::bbox::Handle;
 use crate::{Overlay, ToolContext};
@@ -39,20 +41,67 @@ pub struct Targets {
     points: Vec<(Point, Kind)>,
     xs: Vec<(f64, Point, Kind)>,
     ys: Vec<(f64, Point, Kind)>,
+    /// Path segments and their control bounds, which a point lands on ("path"): gathered only for
+    /// dragged anchors ([`Self::for_anchor_drag`]).
+    segments: Vec<(Rect, PathSeg)>,
 }
 
+/// How many anchors, and how many segments, the targets gather at most.
+const BUDGET: usize = 20_000;
+
 impl Targets {
     pub fn collect(doc: &Document, exclude: &[NodeId], visible: Option<Rect>) -> Self {
-        Self::collect_inner(doc, exclude, None, visible)
+        Self::collect_inner(doc, exclude, None, visible, false)
     }
 
     /// Targets for dragging artboard `index`: everything except that artboard and `exclude` (the
     /// art that moves along with it).
     pub fn for_artboard(doc: &Document, index: usize, exclude: &[NodeId]) -> Self {
-        Self::collect_inner(doc, exclude, Some(index), None)
+        Self::collect_inner(doc, exclude, Some(index), None, false)
     }
 
-    fn collect_inner(doc: &Document, exclude: &[NodeId], skip_artboard: Option<usize>, visible: Option<Rect>) -> Self {
+    /// Targets for dragging the direct-selected anchors of `sel` (and its objects selected as a
+    /// whole): the other art, its path segments too, and the anchors and segments that stay put on
+    /// the paths being reshaped (their bounds move along, so they are no targets).
+    pub fn for_anchor_drag(doc: &Document, sel: &Selection) -> Self {
+        let mut t = Self::collect_inner(doc, &sel.objects, None, None, true);
+        let (mut anchors, mut segments) = (BUDGET, BUDGET);
+        for (id, set) in &sel.anchors {
+            let Some(path) = doc.node(*id).and_then(|n| n.path_data()) else { continue };
+            for (si, sp) in path.subpaths.iter().enumerate() {
+                let moving = |ai: usize| set.contains(&(si, ai));
+                for a in sp.anchors.iter().enumerate().filter(|(ai, _)| !moving(*ai)).map(|(_, a)| a.p).take(anchors) {
+                    t.points.push((a, Kind::Anchor));
+                    t.xs.push((a.x, a, Kind::Anchor));
+                    t.ys.push((a.y, a, Kind::Anchor));
+                    anchors -= 1;
+                }
+                t.push_segments(sp, moving, &mut segments);
+            }
+        }
+        t
+    }
+
+    /// The segments of `sp` that stay put while the anchors `moving` accepts move, as targets, at
+    /// most `budget` of them (counted down).
+    fn push_segments(&mut self, sp: &SubPath, moving: impl Fn(usize) -> bool, budget: &mut usize) {
+        let n = sp.anchors.len();
+        for seg in 0..sp.segment_count() {
+            if *budget == 0 {
+                return;
+            }
+            if moving(seg) || moving((seg + 1) % n) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let c = sp.segment(seg);
+            let bounds = Rect::from_points(c.p0, c.p1).union_pt(c.p2).union_pt(c.p3);
+            // A straight one as a line, so the point lands on it exactly.
+            self.segments.push((bounds, if sp.segment_is_line(seg) { PathSeg::Line(Line::new(c.p0, c.p3)) } else { PathSeg::Cubic(c) }));
+            *budget -= 1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn collect_inner(doc: &Document, exclude: &[NodeId], skip_artboard: Option<usize>, visible: Option<Rect>, segments: bool) -> Self {
         let mut t = Targets::default();
         let excluded = |id: NodeId| exclude.iter().any(|e| doc.ancestry(id).is_some_and(|a| a.contains(e)));
         let add_rect = |t: &mut Targets, r: Rect, kind: Kind| {
@@ -74,7 +123,7 @@ impl Targets {
                 add_rect(&mut t, doc.setup.bleed_rect(ab.rect), Kind::Bleed);
             }
         }
-        let mut budget = 20_000usize;
+        let (mut budget, mut segment_budget) = (BUDGET, BUDGET);
         doc.walk(|n| {
             if budget == 0 || n.is_container() || !n.visible || excluded(n.id) {
                 return;
@@ -91,6 +140,11 @@ impl Targets {
                     t.points.push((a.p, Kind::Anchor));
                     budget = budget.saturating_sub(1);
                 }
+                if segments {
+                    for sp in &path.subpaths {
+                        t.push_segments(sp, |_| false, &mut segment_budget);
+                    }
+                }
             }
             add_rect(&mut t, b, Kind::Edge);
         });
@@ -103,6 +157,7 @@ impl Targets {
         self.points.retain(|(_, k)| *k == Kind::Anchor);
         self.xs.clear();
         self.ys.clear();
+        self.segments.clear();
         if cx.guides {
             for g in &cx.doc.guides {
                 let (lines, at) = if g.vertical { (&mut self.xs, Point::new(g.pos, 0.0)) } else { (&mut self.ys, Point::new(0.0, g.pos)) };
@@ -140,11 +195,15 @@ impl Targets {
         t
     }
 
-    /// Snap a single point. Returns the snapped point and guide overlays.
+    /// Snap a single point: onto the nearest anchor or centre, else onto the nearest segment, else
+    /// into line with targets. Returns the snapped point and guide overlays.
     pub fn snap_point(&self, p: Point, tol: f64) -> (Point, Vec<Overlay>) {
         if let Some((q, k)) = self.points.iter().filter(|(q, _)| q.distance(p) <= tol).min_by(|a, b| a.0.distance(p).total_cmp(&b.0.distance(p))) {
             return (*q, vec![Overlay::Label { p: *q, text: k.label().into(), color: MAGENTA }]);
         }
+        if let Some(q) = self.on_segment(p, tol) {
+            return (q, vec![Overlay::Label { p: q, text: Kind::Edge.label().into(), color: MAGENTA }]);
+        }
         let mut out = p;
         let mut ov = vec![];
         if let Some((x, from, _)) =
@@ -165,6 +224,17 @@ impl Targets {
         (out, ov)
     }
 
+    /// The nearest point within `tol` of `p` on a target segment.
+    fn on_segment(&self, p: Point, tol: f64) -> Option<Point> {
+        self.segments
+            .iter()
+            .filter(|(b, _)| b.inflate(tol, tol).contains(p))
+            .map(|(_, c)| (c, c.nearest(p, 1e-6)))
+            .filter(|(_, n)| n.distance_sq <= tol * tol)
+            .min_by(|a, b| a.1.distance_sq.total_cmp(&b.1.distance_sq))
+            .map(|(c, n)| c.eval(n.t))
+    }
+
     /// Snap a ruler guide at `v` (the x of a vertical one, the y of a horizontal one) into line
     /// with the nearest edge, centre or anchor within `tol`: where it goes, and a label there.
     pub fn snap_guide(&self, vertical: bool, v: f64, tol: f64) -> (f64, Vec<Overlay>) {
@@ -335,19 +405,44 @@ pub fn snap_draw(cx: &ToolContext, p: Point, exclude: &[NodeId]) -> (Point, Vec<
 /// Snap `p` to pixels or the grid when they are on, else to the smart guide `targets`, else (Snap
 /// to Point) to their anchors and the ruler guides within the Snap to Point distance.
 fn snap_with(cx: &ToolContext, p: Point, targets: impl FnOnce() -> Targets) -> (Point, Vec<Overlay>) {
-    if cx.snap_to_pixel {
-        return (Point::new(p.x.round(), p.y.round()), vec![]);
+    PointSnap::new(cx, targets).snap(cx, p)
+}
+
+/// Snapping for a dragged point, its targets gathered once (when the drag begins): what
+/// [`snap_draw`] does for a point at a time.
+pub struct PointSnap {
+    /// The smart guide targets, or with Smart Guides off those of Snap to Point, and how near (in
+    /// screen pixels) they pull; none with pixels or the grid snapping instead, or nothing on.
+    targets: Option<(Targets, f64)>,
+}
+
+impl PointSnap {
+    pub fn new(cx: &ToolContext, targets: impl FnOnce() -> Targets) -> Self {
+        let targets = if cx.snap_to_pixel || cx.snap_to_grid {
+            None
+        } else if cx.smart_guides {
+            Some((targets(), 5.0))
+        } else if cx.snap_to_point {
+            Some((targets().for_snap_to_point(cx), cx.snap_tolerance))
+        } else {
+            None
+        };
+        Self { targets }
     }
-    if cx.snap_to_grid {
-        return (vectorcraft_geom::snap::snap_point_to_grid(p, cx.grid_step()), vec![]);
+
+    /// Where `p` goes, and the guides showing why.
+    pub fn snap(&self, cx: &ToolContext, p: Point) -> (Point, Vec<Overlay>) {
+        if cx.snap_to_pixel {
+            return (Point::new(p.x.round(), p.y.round()), vec![]);
+        }
+        if cx.snap_to_grid {
+            return (vectorcraft_geom::snap::snap_point_to_grid(p, cx.grid_step()), vec![]);
+        }
+        match &self.targets {
+            Some((t, tol)) => t.snap_point(p, cx.tol(*tol)),
+            None => (p, vec![]),
+        }
     }
-    if cx.smart_guides {
-        return targets().snap_point(p, cx.tol(5.0));
-    }
-    if cx.snap_to_point {
-        return targets().for_snap_to_point(cx).snap_point(p, cx.tol(cx.snap_tolerance));
-    }
-    (p, vec![])
 }
 
 /// Where a dragged direction handle of anchor `ai` of subpath `si` of path `id` goes for the
@@ -453,4 +548,20 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(nr, Rect::new(250.0, 100.0, 300.0, 102.0));
         assert!(ov.is_empty());
     }
+
+    /// Dragging an anchor of a path: its other anchors and the segments not touching it stay
+    /// targets, but neither it nor the path's bounds (which move) are.
+    #[test]
+    fn anchor_drag_targets_leave_out_what_moves() {
+        let (d, id) = doc_with_rect();
+        let mut s = Selection::default();
+        s.set([id]);
+        s.anchors.insert(id, [(0, 0)].into_iter().collect());
+        let t = Targets::for_anchor_drag(&d, &s);
+        let anchors: Vec<Point> = t.points.iter().filter(|(_, k)| *k == Kind::Anchor).map(|(p, _)| *p).collect();
+        assert_eq!(anchors, [Point::new(200.0, 100.0), Point::new(200.0, 200.0), Point::new(100.0, 200.0)]);
+        assert_eq!(t.segments.len(), 2);
+        assert!(!t.points.iter().any(|(p, k)| *k == Kind::Center && *p == Point::new(150.0, 150.0)), "the rect's centre moves");
+        assert_eq!(t.snap_point(Point::new(101.0, 99.0), 4.0).0, Point::new(100.0, 100.0), "in line with its neighbours, not on itself");
+    }
 }

crates/tools/src/select.rs

@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
 use serde_json::{Value, json};
 use vectorcraft_doc::hit::{hit_test, marquee, objects_at};
 use vectorcraft_doc::{NodeId, OrientedBox};
-use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Point, Rect};
+use vectorcraft_geom::{Affine, Point, Rect, Vec2};
 
 use crate::bbox::{Handle, hit_handle, in_rotate_zone, move_delta, rotate_for_drag, scale_for_drag};
 use crate::corners::{self, CornerDrag, over_widget};
+use crate::guides::Targets;
 use crate::rulerguide::GuideEdit;
 use crate::{Action, Cursor, Mods, Overlay, PointerEvent, PointerKind, Tool, ToolContext, json_ids};
 
@@ -55,14 +56,54 @@ pub struct SelectionTool {
     state: State,
     measure: Option<(Point, String)>,
     guides: Vec<Overlay>,
-    targets: Option<crate::guides::Targets>,
-    /// View → Snap to Point (Smart Guides off): the anchors and ruler guides the grabbed point
-    /// lands on while moving.
-    points: Option<crate::guides::Targets>,
-    start_bounds: Option<Rect>,
+    /// What a bounding-box handle being dragged snaps to.
+    targets: Option<Targets>,
+    moving: Option<MoveSnap>,
     guide: GuideEdit,
 }
 
+/// Snapping for the selection moved as a whole, its targets gathered when the move begins: Smart
+/// Guides line its bounds up with the other art; with them off, View → Snap to Point lands the
+/// point it was grabbed by on an anchor or a ruler guide; Snap to Pixel puts its top-left on whole
+/// pixels.
+pub(crate) struct MoveSnap {
+    bounds: Option<Rect>,
+    targets: Option<Targets>,
+    points: Option<Targets>,
+}
+
+impl MoveSnap {
+    pub(crate) fn new(cx: &ToolContext) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            bounds: selection_bounds(cx),
+            targets: cx.smart_guides.then(|| Targets::collect(cx.doc, &cx.selection.objects, None)),
+            points: Targets::snap_to_point(cx, &cx.selection.objects),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// The move by `d` of the selection grabbed at `start`, snapped, and its guides.
+    pub(crate) fn snap(&self, cx: &ToolContext, start: Point, mut d: Vec2) -> (Vec2, Vec<Overlay>) {
+        let mut guides = vec![];
+        if let Some(t) = &self.points {
+            let (q, ov) = t.snap_point(start + d, cx.tol(cx.snap_tolerance));
+            d = q - start;
+            guides = ov;
+        }
+        if let (Some(t), Some(b)) = (&self.targets, self.bounds) {
+            let (adj, ov) = t.snap_rect(b + d, cx.tol(5.0));
+            d += adj;
+            guides = ov;
+        }
+        if cx.snap_to_pixel
+            && let Some(b) = self.bounds
+        {
+            d = Vec2::new((b.x0 + d.x).round() - b.x0, (b.y0 + d.y).round() - b.y0);
+            guides.clear();
+        }
+        (d, guides)
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn matrix_json(a: Affine) -> Value {
     let c = a.as_coeffs();
     json!([c[0], c[1], c[2], c[3], c[4], c[5]])
@@ -155,7 +196,7 @@ impl Tool for SelectionTool {
                             // Only area type: the step resizes type areas; anything else scales.
                             let label = if areas && cx.selection.objects.iter().all(is_area) { "Resize Type Area" } else { "Scale" };
                             // Smart Guides align what the handle moves with the other objects.
-                            self.targets = cx.smart_guides.then(|| crate::guides::Targets::collect(cx.doc, &cx.selection.objects, None));
+                            self.targets = cx.smart_guides.then(|| Targets::collect(cx.doc, &cx.selection.objects, None));
                             self.state = State::Scaling { handle, bx, areas };
                             return vec![Action::Begin(label.into())];
                         }
@@ -211,31 +252,11 @@ impl Tool for SelectionTool {
                         return out;
                     }
                     out.push(Action::Begin(if m.alt { "Copy".into() } else { "Move".into() }));
+                    self.moving = Some(MoveSnap::new(cx));
                 }
                 let mut d = move_delta(start, p, m.shift);
-                if !began {
-                    self.start_bounds = selection_bounds(cx);
-                    self.targets = cx.smart_guides.then(|| crate::guides::Targets::collect(cx.doc, &cx.selection.objects, None));
-                    self.points = crate::guides::Targets::snap_to_point(cx, &cx.selection.objects);
-                }
-                self.guides.clear();
-                // Snap to Point: the point the selection was grabbed by lands on an anchor or guide.
-                if let Some(t) = &self.points {
-                    let (q, ov) = t.snap_point(start + d, cx.tol(cx.snap_tolerance));
-                    d = q - start;
-                    self.guides = ov;
-                }
-                if let (Some(t), Some(b)) = (&self.targets, self.start_bounds) {
-                    let (adj, ov) = t.snap_rect(b + d, cx.tol(5.0));
-                    d += adj;
-                    self.guides = ov;
-                }
-                // Snap to Pixel: the moved selection's top-left lands on whole pixels.
-                if cx.snap_to_pixel
-                    && let Some(b) = self.start_bounds
-                {
-                    d = vectorcraft_geom::Vec2::new((b.x0 + d.x).round() - b.x0, (b.y0 + d.y).round() - b.y0);
-                    self.guides.clear();
+                if let Some(snap) = &self.moving {
+                    (d, self.guides) = snap.snap(cx, start, d);
                 }
                 self.state = State::Moving { start, began: true, deselect: None };
                 self.measure = Some((p, cx.offset_label(d.x, d.y)));
@@ -279,8 +300,7 @@ impl Tool for SelectionTool {
                 self.state = State::Idle;
                 self.measure = None;
                 self.guides.clear();
-                self.targets = None;
-                self.points = None;
+                self.moving = None;
                 match (began, deselect) {
                     (true, _) => vec![Action::Commit],
                     (false, Some(id)) => vec![Action::Exec("select.toggle".into(), json!({ "id": id.0 }))],