Re: gEDA-user: Tearoffs on popup menu in pcb?

[Andrew Poelstra <asp11@xxxxxx>]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 02:58:08AM +0200, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
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> DJ Delorie wrote:
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> > I.e. if you right-click on an element, you should get a menu specific
> > to that element, like "select" to select *that* element, "rotate" to
> > rotate *that* element, etc.  Such an operation makes no sense if the
> > popup is torn off and placed elsewhere.
> 
> Currently, only one out of five first level items is context sensitive
> the way you say ("Operations on this location"). The rest is actions that
> do not refer to the position of the mouse cursor ("Operations on selections",
> "Undo last operation", Redo last operation", "Tools").
> Unless I missed something, the "Operations on this location" contains 
> just a single item: "Generate object report" 
> 
> If the menu is ripped off, "Generate object report" might ask the user 
> to click somewhere on the canvas. This what "Cut selection to buffer" 
> does, when chosen from the regular menu.
> 
> BTW: What are Tools->None and Tools->Cancel supposed to do?
>

None appears to do nothing at all - it is used internally to
when preventing selection of invalid modes. Cancel is a synonym
for Select that was used to hook the escape key up, since all
accelerators are configured through the menu system.

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Andrew Poelstra
Email: asp11 at sfu.ca OR apoelstra at wpsoftware.net
Web:   http://www.wpsoftware.net/andrew/



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