On 5/4/2017 10:53 AM, Marco Ciampa wrote: > On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 02:36:06PM +0200, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote: >> Personally I would like the box select to update selections online while >> dragging, this would be very informative. I also think that maybe this >> functionality would be better with a modifier button now that I think about >> it, since sometimes I cannot starta a drag move in one corner due to a large >> footprint residing there and then getting selected. > > +1 > > I like the GIMP way: > > - CTRL+drag means substract objects from the selecion > and appears little minus symbol near the pointer to feedback this > > - SHIFT+drag means add objects to the selection > and appears little plus symbol near the pointer to feedback this
Custom cursors for inside versus intersect selection could be a good way to make the different selection bounding box feature discover-able without being too distracting to the user. > >> But the hidden features problem is one that is starting to affect more and >> more of pcbnew since functionality is added continuosly. > > agree > >> I know there is a manual for pcbnew, maybe tools should have some shortcut >> to go to the relevant section of that manual? Or the tools have a shortcut >> to go a "tool manual" I have no clue on how to achieve this, but It would be >> nice. > > again this would be very handy as it is already present for instance in GIMP. > > We should figure out how to obtain this, at least for HTML... I have some > ideas about how it can be obtained but I have to check for those > feasibility... > > Regards, > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
