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[Andrew Bradford <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Chris,

On 08/31 15:46, Chris Goddard wrote:
> On 31/08/15 15:15, Attila Kinali wrote:
> >An example where Kicad fails with external consistency is the use of the
> >mouse wheel. While all EDA, CAD and simple drawing applications I've used
> >in the past have the following mapping:
> >
> >wheel 		-> up/down
> >shift-wheel 	-> left/right
> >ctrl-wheel	-> zoom
> >
> >Kicad has the following mapping:
> >
> >wheel 		-> zoom
> >shift-wheel 	-> up/down
> >ctrl-wheel	-> left/right
> >
> >And this is probably my biggest gripe with Kicad. Even after several weeks
> >of using Kicad, I still use the wrong one in the first try. If possible,
> >I would advise to change this before the release, as the release will
> >attract a lot of people who have never used Kicad before and they will
> >for sure stumble over this as I have. Especially as this cannot be changed
> >in any of the preferences menus.
> 
> My experience of CAD programs is not the same as yours. The common
> usage as I see it is as follows.
> 
> wheel -> zoom
> middle mouse click and drag -> pan.
> 
> This is what PCBNew does and it would not be a good idea to change
> it in my view. It's fast and intuitive.

Could this not be a preferences selection for how to treat the mouse
wheel?

The default can be what it is today but allow for easy changing to
another system of navigation?  For example, show the three control
points of wheel, shift-wheel, and ctrl-wheel on one axis of a matrix
and the other axis has the actions of zoom, up/down, left/right, and
then let the user match them up?

		wheel		shift-wheel	ctrl-wheel
zoom		X
up/down				X
left/right					X

Thanks,
Andrew