Re: gEDA-user: Multi-Select with SHIFT, CTRL...

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 19, 2011, at 2:38 PM, Stefan Salewski <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 13:14 -0700, Steven Michalske wrote:
> 
>>> Scroll wheel: rotate selection or element under mouse pointer
>>> If nothing is selected and mouse pointer is over unpopulated area
>>> or SHIFT modifier is used: Zoom in/out
>>> 
>> Track pad users may want scroll to be scrolling....
>> 
> 
> So we should have an option to ignore the scroll wheel for rotate/zoom.
> Of course for zooming we should have additional keyboard and button
> support. And for zooming into a selection rectangle I currently consider
> using the middle mouse button. For rotating elements again we will have
> keyboard and button support -- but I think using the scroll wheel would
> be really fun, i.e for rotating text.  
> 
>> If your toolkit allows for the apple trackpad gestures...  That could
>> add a few options into the mix
> 
> PCB or gschem, one of them, has gesture support by a library -- once I
> have asked on this list about it, but it seem that nobody uses that. I
> have currently no idea about gestures, so I do not intend supporting it
> now. 
> 
>> 
>> In net mode double left click ends the current net.
>> 
> 
> Yes -- not a true double click (in a small time interval) but simple
> adding a net segment of length 0. As supported by gschem. ESC and maybe
> another key will also end net segments.
> 
>> 
>>> LMBD + LMBU over hot pin end: start new net segment
>> 
>> You added net end, but starting at the middle of a net segment is
>> valuable too.
>>> 
> 
> Yes, but grabbing an element in the middle is used generally for moving
> or selecting, so we may have a conflict. We may try to resolve it, or
> have a "Start new net" button for that case.
> 
> I consider a "only onces" mode beside real modal operation: For example,
> it may occur that we intend only a single mirror operation without
> leaving the current mode (comming back after one mirror operation) or we
> want a real mirror mode, where each click on an element will mirror that
> one. My current idea: If an element is selected/highlighted then
> "mirror" button or key will mirror that selected element. If noting is
> selected, then we will enter a permanent mirror mode.
> 
> Additional, I will support highlight of elements, when the mouse pointer
> is hovering over it. Current highlight method is making colors brighter,
> move the element a few pixel to upper right, and draw a shadow,
> generating the impression of lifting the elements. Problem: We can not
> use white (pin) color, because there is no brighter shade of white, and
> shadow works not good for dark backgrounds. Of course we can always use
> fallback to a plain monochrome highlight color. Another method is
> drawing highlighted elements with thicker lines -- I have not tested
> that yet.

Make shadow a glow on dark backgrounds


> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Stefan Salewski
> 
> 
> 
> 
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