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On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:05 AM, Steven Rubin <[email protected]>wrote:
> At 09:07 AM 4/5/2010, you wrote:
>
> Dear Electric developers,
>
> IMHO measurement procedure in layout window needs to be improved.
> At first it would be better if the marker would move interruptedly in
> accordance with
> Display Grid Preferences minimum size. In this case it would be easier to
> hit into the
> starting and finishing points of the measurable segment. Now the market
> moves
> continuously and it is difficult to hit into the predeterminated position.
> Next the marker for measurements is too sophisticated that causes
> uncertainty which end
> of it should be used.
>
>
> I have fixed this in the internal version of Electric. Here is what I did:
>
> (1) I changed the measurement icon so that it looks like a tape-measure.
> It is more obvious which is the pointer end. I will attach a GIF file of
> the icon, which should replace both:
>
> com.sun.electric.tool.user.ui.resources.ButtonMeasure.gif AND
> com.sun.electric.tool.user.ui.resources.CursorMeasure.gif
>
> (2) I added code to com.sun.electric.tool.user.ui.MeasureListener.java so
> that it snaps the cursor during measurement. To do this, I added this
> method:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> private void gridMouse(MouseEvent evt)
> {
> // snap the cursor to the grid
> if (evt.getSource() instanceof EditWindow)
> {
> EditWindow wnd = (EditWindow)evt.getSource();
> int mouseX = evt.getX() + gridOffX;
> int mouseY = evt.getY() + gridOffY;
> Point2D dbMouse = wnd.screenToDatabase(mouseX, mouseY);
> Point2D align = new Point2D.Double(dbMouse.getX(), dbMouse.getY());
> EditWindow.gridAlign(align);
> Point newPos = wnd.databaseToScreen(align);
> try {
> Robot r = new Robot();
> Point offset = wnd.getLocationOnScreen();
> r.mouseMove(offset.x+newPos.x, offset.y+newPos.y);
> gridOffX = mouseX - newPos.x;
> gridOffY = mouseY - newPos.y;
> } catch(AWTException e) {}
> }
> }
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
> and I declared field variables "int gridOffX=0, gridOffY=0;"
>
> and I added a call to "gridMouse(evt);" as the first line in the method
> "mouseDragged()"
>
> -Steven Rubin
>
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