I've been daydreaming of doing this for a while, sounds good to me. On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:27:49AM -0400, Jon Evans wrote: > I agree with this approach! Switching to a tree lister for preferences was > on my list of things to propose one day. Complicated creation software like > KiCad inevitably needs lots of options, and in my opinion this is the > nicest way to display them all in one place. > > Some applications also have a search box right above the tree lister on the > top left. If you type in something, it performs a fuzzy search and only > shows the preference pages that have some text matching your search. > > In terms of global vs project being separate windows, I don't have a strong > opinion, but wanted to note that I've used applications with tree view > preferences that mix them together (that is, project preferences are just > another section of the tree) and think that approach works fine. The > advantage is that everything you would possibly want to change is in one > window; the disadvantage is possible confusion or overwhelming the user > with options. > > -jon > > > On Jun 4, 2017 10:22, "Oliver Walters" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > The "Preferences" menu varies wildly between the different window views. > > I have been playing around with a new way of displaying and viewing > preferences. > > Here's an early mockup (mostly aesthetic only, although a few of the > preference items do work) > > [image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2] > > My idea is to have three of these dialog windows: > > a) Global preferences > b) Project-specific options (e.g. DRC) > c) Library manager > > I won't go too far down this road before getting feedback, in case this is > not going to be something that is appreciated or likely to be merged. > > So... thoughts? > > Cheers, > Oliver > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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