Re: gEDA: Two enhancements for gschem

["Travis W. Johnson" <travis@speakeasy.net>]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:55, Stuart Brorson wrote:

> > 
> > Just be more careful when selecting. I think if you click again, it'll
> > select something different.
> 
> Well, I do believe that I am careful.  And I am no stranger to EDA
> programs, so I am not ignorant about their UI issues either.  As
> somebody else points out, the first click selects the whole component,
> and the second click selects the attribute.  Right now, the third
> click seems to select the component again, and the fourth click the
> attribute again, etc.  

You might find the shift key in combination with the left mouse button
useful in group selection/deselection operations.  Then use the m key
for move.

> 
> The problem here is that I select the component with the first click,
> and the attribute with the second.  Then I try to grab the attribute
> with the middle mouse button to move it, but the whole component is
> again selected, so I end up moving it.  
> 
> >From a user usability standpoint, I am doing the right thing:  I am
> attempting to grab the object which is highlighted (i.e. the attribute
> text).  However, gschem does the wrong thing: it selects the entire
> component for the move, even though only the attribute is
> highlighted. 

Just tried it out here.  It seems that using the middle mouse button for
moves disregards what is selected while the m key moves the current
selected group. So if one has the component selected but the move is
started with the middle mouse button over an attribute the attribute is
moved not the component. The middle mouse button move appears to only
move whats under the mouse pointer not what is selected. 

Not sure if this clears up anything, but the current move scheme works
for me.

-Travis