A possible tweak?

 From:  Michael Gibson
2889.6 In reply to 2889.5 
Hi Burr,

> Straight snap does still hit on the x and y axis though.

Yup, but those ones are intentional to have if straight snap is enabled, since it makes it easier to do things like 90 degree rotations with the mouse, similar to how having straight snap enabled lets you draw a line at 90 degree increments as well.

It is still possible to get an object snap point that is degenerate, but those are more isolated in location and won't tie up as large of an area of the screen as a degenerate straight snap line will tend to do. Maybe in the future I can screen those out too, but I tend to worry much more about having unwanted straight snap lines in these situations.

- Michael