On 07/21/2017 11:34 PM, Piotr Esden-Tempski wrote: [snip] > 1) If a component is very large in the current zoom level it should be > ignored. It makes it very difficult to select small components that end up on > the opposite side of a large component. It is also very unlikely the user > will want to move the thing that is not even visible at the moment because it > is 10x the size of the viewport. :)
Implemented, I look forward to getting some feedback. > 2) Add the option to use a button to flip through potential selections. > Having to use the mouse to select the component I meant from a list of > candidates is really annoying. Other software packages have a nicer behavior > for this: select a component and allow swapping through candidates using the > right mouse button (this could be a keyboard shortcut too) and then confirm > with another left click. (a good example is how the package with a bird does > that, this is one of the few things I miss from using that software on daily > basis. :) ) Tom has not advertised his recent patch, but watchful users may have noticed that the disambiguation menu displays numbers now. The numbers allow to quick select the desired item from the list using keyboard. Cheers, Orson > I hope this is useful in some way. > > Just a few of my own 2c regarding the component selection behavior. :D > > Cheers, > Piotr > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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