From 01af9d9fb8bec102c26e3d107da9c55ae79885b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel <marcel@fedora.home>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:11:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Position rectangle dimension labels away from geometry

---
 src/app/view/mod.rs | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 src/ui/overlay.rs   | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/view/mod.rs b/src/app/view/mod.rs
index 751e72d11..42dd3c81e 100644
--- a/src/app/view/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/view/mod.rs
@@ -1024,6 +1024,9 @@ bg={bg_ms:.1}ms n={view_count}"
                         let height_center = opposite
                             + width_axis * width
                             + height_axis * (height * 0.5);
+                        let rectangle_center = opposite
+                            + width_axis * (width * 0.5)
+                            + height_axis * (height * 0.5);
                         let (vw, vh) = tab.scene.selection.borrow().vp_size;
                         let (camera, bounds) = tab
                             .scene
@@ -1040,7 +1043,24 @@ bg={bg_ms:.1}ms n={view_count}"
                                 bounds.y + screen.y,
                             ))
                         };
-                        Some((project(width_center)?, project(height_center)?))
+                        let center = project(rectangle_center)?;
+                        let offset_from_center = |side: iced::Point, pixels: f32| {
+                            let dx = side.x - center.x;
+                            let dy = side.y - center.y;
+                            let length = dx.hypot(dy);
+                            if length > 1.0e-3 {
+                                iced::Point::new(
+                                    side.x + dx / length * pixels,
+                                    side.y + dy / length * pixels,
+                                )
+                            } else {
+                                side
+                            }
+                        };
+                        Some((
+                            offset_from_center(project(width_center)?, 14.0),
+                            offset_from_center(project(height_center)?, 18.0),
+                        ))
                     });
                 let boxes: Vec<crate::ui::overlay::DynBox> = tab
                     .dyn_fields
diff --git a/src/ui/overlay.rs b/src/ui/overlay.rs
index b05381b2c..05e88b46a 100644
--- a/src/ui/overlay.rs
+++ b/src/ui/overlay.rs
@@ -3051,10 +3051,18 @@ impl DynInputCanvas {
                 }),
                 DynRole::X | DynRole::Width => Point {
                     x: (base.x + cursor.x) * 0.5,
-                    y: base.y + 14.0,
+                    y: if self.guide == DynGuide::RectSides {
+                        base.y - (cursor.y - base.y).signum() * 14.0
+                    } else {
+                        base.y + 14.0
+                    },
                 },
                 DynRole::Y | DynRole::Height => Point {
-                    x: corner.x + 18.0,
+                    x: if self.guide == DynGuide::RectSides {
+                        corner.x + (cursor.x - base.x).signum() * 18.0
+                    } else {
+                        corner.x + 18.0
+                    },
                     y: (base.y + cursor.y) * 0.5,
                 },
                 // Perpendicular measure: on the measured segment / dim line.