Re: gEDA-user: Snap to grid preventing selecting/dragging text

[Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin D Bennett wrote:

> This brings up a good point.  Very often I have difficulty selecting
> small components and more significantly text in pcb, due to
> snap-to-grid being enabled.

Did you try "Only Names" from the settings menu? I found that I 

> I usually have to go through the menus
> then and dial in a much finer grid so I can drag the text or component
> that I want to grab, 

Maybe, you already know this. If not, it may enhance your experience: 
Grabbing in pcb does not need a selection. Just let the mouse hover 
over the object in question and drag.


> The recent discussion on improved grid handling would also improve
> this.  For me, I would like keyboard shortcuts that quickly allow
> more useful grid size changes. 

My wish in this context would be, to bind increase/decrease by 
predefined values to the same keys as in gschem: "[" and "]"  

> I would use only 100 mil, 50 mil, 25 mil, 12.5

I would prefer: 0.1 mm, 0.2 mm, 0.5 mm, 1 mm, 2 mm, ...
Same values as for European money, for the same reasons :-)

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