I did note something strange with this branch. When I try to scroll zoom in the 3D viewer regardles of setting it is like it is zooming way too much. When I just zoom one pinch I can't see my board. But on my normal branch it works fine.
2015-01-10 18:23 GMT+01:00 Garth Corral <[email protected]>: > Thanks very much for trying this out, Nick. To be honest, it’s been so long > since I used a ThinkPad joy nub that I hadn’t considered this at all. It’s > good that it seemed just a switch in behavior of key modifiers because it > really isn’t. It changes the way panning is done altogether, doing the > panning in the event handlers instead of firing cmd events. I think my > primary concern for non OS X users is that the panning acceleration would > seem way out of line with expectations, something that's fixable but > something I can’t test. > > Also, as I said previously, it changes some longstanding behavior with regard > to modifier keys and panning direction, but I consider the old behavior wrong > so I might have to convince folks. I’m not sure what the timeline is for a > stable release so I’m not sure whether to wait until after to try to get this > in. It really needs some Windows/Linux testing, but there’s not much > incentive for it. > > Garth > > >> On Jan 10, 2015, at 6:10 AM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I just tried this on linux with a thinkpad nipple, seems to work just >> fine. Without the option enabled I had to use shift to do panning. I >> did not read the patch, but to me it seems like this was just a switch >> in behaivour of using zooming for scroll or having to hit ctrl or >> shift (depinding on what mode was set in settings). It does not seem >> to break any behaviour I usually expect. >> >> 2014-11-05 9:18 GMT+01:00 Garth Corral <[email protected]>: >>> Thanks for trying this out, guys. I’d also like to see this get into the >>> mainline, but I think there are a few hurdles to get over first. The >>> pinch-to-zoom should be easy; It’s completely optional and has to be >>> compiled in so there’s no impact to other platforms, but as I’ve said, it’s >>> less useful by itself. The issue for the rest is that it changes some >>> longstanding behavior, and I’m pretty sure just the idea will annoy some >>> folks. >>> >>> I’ve seen very little complaint about the large mousewheel panning steps on >>> other platforms aside from a couple of ancient bugs. I think I’d be hard >>> pressed to convince anyone to change something that isn’t perceived as >>> broken. I’ve tried not to do anything egregious here, and I tested this >>> with a couple of plain old mice, but I have no way to evaluate this on the >>> other platforms. Does either of you have access to Windows or Linux boxes >>> to try this on? >>> >>> To me, the large panning steps make little sense for a mousewheel, and even >>> less so on a trackpad. This is a big deal on a platform where every system >>> in the past several years has sold with input devices with x/y scrolling >>> and precise deltas (effectively trackpads). Maybe not so much on other >>> platforms, I don’t know. >>> >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> >>> Garth >>> >>> >>> On Nov 3, 2014, at 6:39 PM, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I also really like this patch. Excellent work. >>>> >>>> Adam Wolf >>>> Cofounder and Engineer >>>> W&L >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> works perfect for me… with trackpad and also Magic/Mighty Mouse (without >>>> pinch-to-zoom for the mice of course). >>>> Tested with the pinch-to-zoom wxWidgets patch on 3.0.2, KiCad changes >>>> merged into 5249. >>>> >>>> I would really love to see this getting merged to main line. >>>> It not only makes panning more OSX like, but also is a great usability >>>> improvement (at least on OSX where nowadays all mice/trackpads do have x/y >>>> scrolling capability). >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Bernhard >>>> >>>> >>>> On 31.10.2014, at 18:45, Garth Corral <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi, all >>>>> >>>>> I’ve pushed a branch containing some changes that I use to make kicad >>>>> more livable for me on OS X. This is mostly for Apple Magic Trackpad >>>>> users, but I’d be curious to hear from mousewheel users on OS X, or even >>>>> Linux and Windows users if they were inclined to try out these changes. >>>>> >>>>> The changes are basically in two parts. The first is optional and >>>>> requires an additional patch to wxWidgets on OS X, and that kicad be >>>>> compiled with a feature macro turned on (updated instructions in >>>>> compiling/mac-osx.txt). This enables pinch-to-zoom. >>>>> >>>>> The rest does not require any changes in the way things are built. This >>>>> adds a preference for the default mousewheel function and changes the way >>>>> panning is done; It does not change the way mousewheel zooming behaves >>>>> (but perhaps should). >>>>> >>>>> For best results on a trackpad I recommend compiling with the >>>>> pinch-to-zoom support and checking “Use mousewheel to pan” in the >>>>> preferences of the various apps. >>>>> >>>>> If you’re a Mac trackpad user and have a spare few moments, please give >>>>> these changes a try and let me know how they work for you. They’re in >>>>> lp:~gcorral/kicad/osx-trackpad-gestures >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>> >>>>> Garth >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
