On 29.02.2016 20:41, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > At some point in our history, someone half way changed the default > behavior of the delete hot key in pcbnew (legacy canvas). There is a > dubious albeit incomplete attempt to limit the delete hot key to the > currently selected tool. When did we decide to that and who made that > decision? This would explain why I cannot delete certain items when > certain tools (track and footprint) are selected. I thought we were > working under the assumption having to constantly select the "correct" > tool to delete (or any other hotkey function for that matter) items > associated with that tool was not a good thing but rather a waste of > time. One of the things I've always hated about other EDA packages was > the notion that I could only delete object if I had the tool for that > object type selected. I'm really not interested in repeating behavior > in KiCad. Does anyone really think limiting hot keys to the currently > selected tool is a good idea?
Hi Wayne, In my opinion, it's justified in some cases (such as being able to quickly delete a track). I checked the behaviour of the legacy canvas: - when in track mode, it only allows deleting tracks - when in footprint mode, it only allows deleting footprints - when in zone mode, it doesn't delete anything. The delete hotkey handler is called in all cases. I guess the problem PCB_EDIT_FRAME::OnHotkeyDeleteItem(), although it hasn't been modified since 2014. Tom PS. I'm working on adding similar functionality to the GAL - it's a bit more complex, because the P&S has a separate data model that needs to be synced up to the underlying BOARD object when a delete operation is performed. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
