Hi to all, being new to KiCAD but not new to schematic and pcb design with several tools over the years, I actually prefer the white background and were looking how to set it up when I found this thread. Funny though how personal preferences differ, however, I think thats what it should be in PCBnew as well as it is already in EEschema, personal choice.
regards, Volker Mark Baharom wrote: > Hi Guys > > Andy and Noel. I can understand exactly why you guys would prefer to > work with a dark background.I myself came to this conclusion when I > was playing around with some other software. Indeed it is more > relaxing on the eyes. > > However, when it comes to some new users using pcbnew such as myself, > it is very very difficult for us to see clearly whats going on. There > is just insufficient contrast. > > Perhaps on some monitors, it is very clear to you guys when you see > the rats nest and pads etc. But on the computer monitor which I use, > it is actually very hard to see all the various elements. For want of > a better term, I feel visually impaired. > > I think it would be great if an option could be included to have a > much lighter backgound. This would be of great benefit to beginners > who will be able to see "whats going on" far more clearly, and also be > of benefit to those who use older CRT monitors which might no longer > have sufficient brilliance to make shown clearly what needs to be seen. > > Anyway... thanks for reading this guys. Much appreciated! > > Mark > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > > >
