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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I also really like this patch.  Excellent work.

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
W&L

On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 10:43 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> works perfect for me… with trackpad and also Magic/Mighty Mouse (without
> pinch-to-zoom for the mice of course).
> Tested with the pinch-to-zoom wxWidgets patch on 3.0.2, KiCad changes
> merged into 5249.
>
> I would really love to see this getting merged to main line.
> It not only makes panning more OSX like, but also is a great usability
> improvement (at least on OSX where nowadays all mice/trackpads do have x/y
> scrolling capability).
>
>
> Regards,
> Bernhard
>
>
> On 31.10.2014, at 18:45, Garth Corral <gcorral@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, all
> >
> > I’ve pushed a branch containing some changes that I use to make kicad
> more livable for me on OS X.  This is mostly for Apple Magic Trackpad
> users, but I’d be curious to hear from mousewheel users on OS X, or even
> Linux and Windows users if they were inclined to try out these changes.
> >
> > The changes are basically in two parts.  The first is optional and
> requires an additional patch to wxWidgets on OS X, and that kicad be
> compiled with a feature macro turned on (updated instructions in
> compiling/mac-osx.txt).  This enables pinch-to-zoom.
> >
> > The rest does not require any changes in the way things are built.  This
> adds a preference for the default mousewheel function and changes the way
> panning is done; It does not change the way mousewheel zooming behaves (but
> perhaps should).
> >
> > For best results on a trackpad I recommend compiling with the
> pinch-to-zoom support and checking “Use mousewheel to pan” in the
> preferences of the various apps.
> >
> > If you’re a Mac trackpad user and have a spare few moments, please give
> these changes a try and let me know how they work for you.  They’re in
> lp:~gcorral/kicad/osx-trackpad-gestures
> >
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Garth
> >
> >
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