OK, makes sense. I should have time to work on it this weekend, I'll post my progress.
Thanks- -lajos On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/23/2012 09:58 AM, lajos kamocsay wrote: >> Hi Dick- >> >> I wish I checked my email more often... last night I already started >> on extending the scroll region similar to what auto pan does. Your >> suggestion of locking the cursor on limits would be a faster solution. >> >> Do you want me to continue with extending the region, or would you >> rather me just lock the cursor as you described? >> >> By the way I wasn't implementing anything with ctrl/shift, I was just >> referring to behavior of the mouse wheel scrolling function, that's >> already in kicad (ctrl+wheel scrolls one axis, shift+wheel the other). >> >> Thanks- >> -lajos > > -lajos > > My only concern about extending beyond the scrollbar limits is you impart a > discontinuity > when the user switches back to the scroll bar with the mouse, under > circumstances of > having travelled beyond the scrollbar limits. Then moves back into the > normal range. > This concern is what directed my original thinking. > > Maybe you have a solution for this. If you have something you really like, > or want to > offer TWO solutions, controlled with an > > #ifdef > > your patch can also simply do it both ways. We can manually supply the > #define for > testing, don't think its worth the time to put that #define in the > CMakeLists.txt > configuration yet, or ever. I don't think this raises to the level "we > need to support > both ways long term". We will probably come to a conclusion on which is best > and stick > with one. > > If you still have a lot of work on the harder one you mention, then maybe > skip it. > > Dick > > > >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <[email protected]> wrote: >>> -lajos >>> >>> You might not drink milk, here is a better metaphor. >>> >>> Put a rectangular cookie tray on the table. Place a rectangular cutting >>> board in side the cookie tray. Tell the cookie tray to never rotate. >>> >>> Jam a thumbtack anywhere into the cutting board. Move it around the >>> interior of the cookie tray, it never rotates, but can hit one or both >>> walls. Your thumbtack never moves, it is your handle. You release the >>> middle mouse button, the thumbtack comes out, you can move it and re-insert >>> it anywhere on the cutting board and try again. >>> >>> :) >>> >>> I know you eat cookies. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
