Re: gEDA-user: Layer button backgrounds - summary

[Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:36:33 +1000
Stephen Ecob <silicon.on.inspiration@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 09:52:19AM +1000, Stephen Ecob wrote:
> >> A few hours in the future, Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> * Hide all layers button
> >>
> >> * Show all layers button
> >
> > These would be easy enough to add to the widget. Just tack an
> > `All Layers' entry below the other non-selectable entries.
> >
> > Whether there would be demand for this, I don't know. Would it
> > affect the pins, pads and via layers? Would it affect the solder
> > mask layer? Why would you want to hide everything?
> 
> Often I want to see one layer alone, so it would be convenient to be
> able to hide all and then show a single layer, using just 2 clicks.
> In your example artwork there are 14 layers, going from all visible to
> just one visible would take 13 clicks.
> 
> When I'm finished checking that single layer I generally want to go
> back to all layers visible, so another 13 clicks!  That's why I'd like
> a "show all" button.

In the GIMP, you can Shift-click the visibility toggle âeyeâ button to
make only that layer selected (hiding all others) and Shift-click again
to make all layers selected.  I propose we implement this same feature.

Question: Which layers would be hidden when a copper layer is made
âsolo-visibileâ by being Shift-clicked?  Usually you want silk,
pins/pads, vias, etc. to still show but only hide all other copper
layers.

Regards,
Colin


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