It's fine to like weird UI options of course, and I would never consider removing the option, but I still think they should be off by default. If you (whoever is in charge!) absolutely insist that they are on by default then a Chrome-style info bar like this is pretty much essential IMO (shown when you first zoom in):
[image: Inline images 1] That's how they do it in Simulink. On 10 September 2014 18:37, Moses McKnight <[email protected]> wrote: > I also like the center and warp on zoom, as do others I know that use > kicad. The option for "newbies" to disable it is fine, but please leave it > as the default! > > Another thing the video seemed to not "get" was that you don't have to > select something first to act on it. I actually find that a good feature > as it speeds things up - even if just a little. It might be nice to add > the ability to select items as well, but please don't take away the ability > to simply mouse over something and hit a hot-key. This is one thing I find > to be a regression in the OpenGL canvas. You must be in the arrow tool, > and select a track in order to delete it. Not only that but it only > selects a segment and not a track. So I find it *much* faster to hit F9 > for default canvas any time I need to delete a track. > > Moses > > On 09/10/2014 12:14 PM, Lorenzo Marcantonio wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 09:46:07AM -0700, Ouabache Designworks wrote: >> >>> Case in point you mentioned that warp to center on zoom was "weird" and >>> that nobody else does it. gEDA also does it and it is really useful >>> feature. >>> >> >> Don't *dare* to touch the center warp on zoom :P >> >> I could write a book on how useful it is... well, I've almost done it >> the last week (see posts on the opengl view) >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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