| ID: | 5863 |
| From: | Nicklas SB Karlsson <nk...@nksb.eu> |
| Date: | Wed, 26 Oct 2022 12:35:09 +0200 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] new: sch-rnd toolbar hotkey unification with pcb-rnd |
| in-reply-to: | 5862 from rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
Great, really good. It is common F2 key is used to edit text but think your choice make most sense for pcb-rnd and the applications in Ringdove. Nicklas Karlsson ons 2022-10-26 klockan 11:41 +0200 skrev rnd2@igor2.repo.hu: > Hi all, > > one of our important policies at Ringdove is that our applications > should > all look and behave similar (something gEDA never achieved but > integrated tools typically have). > > Last week I've fixed a bug about this in sch-rnd: the F keys for the > toolbar should match pcb-rnd's (where possible) in the default > config. For > example F4 activates the rectangle tool in both, F5 activates the > text > tool in both. There are some tricky cases, like if you press F2, you > get > the wire tool in sch-rnd, which is the most similar thing to pcb- > rnd's > line tool (assuming we most often use that for copper lines. > > This means the F keys don't simply map to the toolbar in sequential > order > from left to right, because different apps will have different tools > in > the toolbar. But if you get used to pressing F8 for the del tool, you > won't need to change that habit when switching app. > > (If you want to memorize hotkeys now and you want an easier set, just > open > the Mode/Tool menu - the same tools can be accessed using two-stroke > keys > starting with 't' and it's usually easier to remember them that way.) > > If you use both pcb-rnd and sch-rnd and you find a hotkey for the > same (or > very similar) functionality that you use in both and differ, please > let me > know. Whenever reasonable, I will try to unify them, keeping older > existing practice over new convention. > > Best regards, > > Igor2 > > >
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