I was thinking the message panel above the statusbar rather than the
statusbar. The message panel is already kind of a general purpose
messaging area. Although it is primarily used for object property
display, it is also used to indicate file saves and other transient
messages.
On 3/15/2017 10:5
I like this. This seems like a good way. Althougt there are a lot of
unused space in my status bar ( the one that shows z: x and y, adn dx
and dy. Which was where i wanted some small tool status indication.
On 03/15/2017 03:22 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
Why not just use the current message pan
It's a thought, I will play with it to see. I think there might be some
situations where the suggested help we would want to show is different when
no objects are selected vs. when one or more objects are selected, so it
would conflict in that case.
But, I know there is an object properties syste
Why not just use the current message panel? You could show the modifier
keys and hotkeys for the current tool immediately after the tool is
selected before any object action takes place. Once an object is
selected by the current tool, it will just replace the tool help with
the object properties
Yes, that's what I meant, it would be for the current mode, and would
change based on what you are doing. It would also be hide-able so that
advanced users get the screen real estate back.
There are no problems with combined modifiers, you just list each action in
a different box. In fact, you c
Yes, you are correct, but putting the buttons and their function in the
same box would get problems with combined modifiers shift+ctrl options etc.
But I was thinking of only showing current mode and not all possible
modes at the same time. Mostly you would learn them anyway kinda quick,
you w
Hi Kristoffer,
I didn't show in my mockup, but you could easily use a UI like this to show
modifier keys info as well.
-Jon
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 8:36 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark <
kristofferodmar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Jon,
>
> I do not think that the hotkeys are a problem. The right-click m
Hello Jon,
I do not think that the hotkeys are a problem. The right-click menu
shows how they are bound already and the right click menu is adaptable.
I personally like the way that works a lot.
It is more a problem regarding the modifiers, Ie buttons that must be
held while doing something,
Hi Kristoffer, John,
I agree this is an important problem to solve.
I am not convinced that this is the perfect solution, but I wanted to share
a way a commercial tool does it.
Here's a screenshot from Mentor Graphics Xpedition showing what I mean:
http://i.imgur.com/H0wDK0F.png
At the bottom of
Yes, the status line is way to small it. However it could maybe be used
to show which modifiers are in use. Not what they do.
I believe that knowing which modifiers are in use would be enough,
because many modifiers would probably be very self explanatory once
activated, for example the angle-
Hi Kristoffer,
I agree that the "secrecy" of KiCad shortcuts is a pretty major issue.
It serves to make people good at KiCad think it's great, while new
users struggle (probably in silence) because they don't know there's a
better way.
Expanding documentation is important here (he says, not havin
Hello all!
I just wanted to highlight an emerging problem to catch it in its cradle.
The new tool and dialog patches that has been merged are great. But they
also introduce secret functionaly, examples:
Ctrl + click: highlights net ( modifier to select tool )
ctrl + drag:snap angles in
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