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[Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>]

Now that you talk about the little details in this mode, I found something
that would make working
from this mode even more useful (It's something I make use of in Al***m a
lot of times):

In this mode, you can only select things from the current layer, that means:

    1) The selection clarification will offer only things from the current
(colored) layer
    2) If you drag the mouse to select, then only objects from current
layer will be selected.

What do you think? could it be interesting for the project to make it
behave like this?.
In my opinion it makes it more usable.

I already opened an "enhanced high contrast mode" branch (I didn't think
about those details,
but may be they're important).

2012/2/20 Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo <miguelangel@xxxxxxx>

> Yes, the idea is that when you switch layers, even when you push 'V' for
> via (or +/- for simple layer
> change), it should change the grayed out layers.
>
> And it seems to do it perfectly, so who coded the behaviour was thinking
> the same.
>
> So the H,V,+,-,W, is the method I'm used to.
>
>
>
>
> 2012/2/20 Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> On 02/19/2012 12:26 PM, Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo wrote:
>> > Hi dick,
>> >
>> >    Sorry, somebody (on the list) already told me that this mode
>> existed, and
>> > was implemented. (High contrast mode).
>> >
>> >     I only made the patch to make it accessible from a hotkey.
>>
>>
>> Pictures came through nice, but I don't understand what happens when you
>> drop in a via and
>> change layers?
>>
>> Does your design state what this behavior should be?
>>
>> Does the new layer become vivid and the other layers become dim
>> automatically?
>>
>>
>> >     I would benefit from a description of what you want the user
>> experience to be like.
>> >     Comments in my last email were assuming you had something like your
>> 1) in mind:
>> >
>> >       1) Single layer view while routing: (some hot key) that would
>> enable a special
>> >     view mode
>> >     where the current routing layer is show in its own color, but all
>> other layers go gray.
>> >      I've used
>> >     this in other tools and it's very helpful, and I suppose it's not
>> hard to implement (if
>> >     not already done).
>> >
>> >     (Except I missed the part about going gray.  Gray is not invisible,
>> which is what I was
>> >     thinking.  No preference for me.)
>> >
>> >     So perhaps we should focus on the UI experience for a few emails,
>> agree on what would be
>> >     nice, inclusive of how the layer widget reacts to the various
>> modes.  Then talk
>> >     about how
>> >     to code it after we something concrete described.
>> >
>> >     Thanks,
>> >
>> >     Dick
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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> Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
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Miguel Angel Ajo Pelayo
http://www.nbee.es
+34 636 52 25 69
skype: ajoajoajo