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Re: Grid in GAL canvas

 

patch that you can use coming in about 2 mins, aka if you click on the
button it will work with either left or middle

(middle will remain for the dinosaurs)

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier
<stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> And I always thought I miss the middle button only for not being able to pan (which I anyway do differently… another story to come).
> Any reasons for keeping it on middle button?
>
> At least on the “Render” tab it should be possible to use left click.
> On the “Layer” tab left click moves the cursor… could we maybe distinguish a left click on the button from left clicking left/right of the button for changing the cursor?
> If yes, would this be an option (I could try to investigate/change this then…)?
>
>
> Regards,
> Bernhard
>
>> On 14 Jan 2016, at 20:14, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Carefully, and with a nice Thank You note to whoever chose to use the
>> middle button on those :>
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 08:15:26PM +0100, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
>>> How do I middle click on OSX (without a non-Apple mouse that has 3 buttons…)?
>>>
>>>> On 14 Jan 2016, at 20:14, Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> middle click?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>> How do you change at all?
>>>>
>>>> In the “Visibles” toolbar with Render=>Grid by clicking on the small button?
>>>> <PastedGraphic-2.tiff>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing happens when I click there… but not only for grid, but also all the other buttons...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bernhard
>>>>
>>>>> On 14 Jan 2016, at 20:04, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom, there's a minor bug with the grid color - I'd fix it myself, but
>>>>> I'm not familiar with the GAL stuff yet and don't want to go breaking
>>>>> anything. When you change the grid color while GAL is active, the grid
>>>>> doesn't refresh until you change the zoom level. I assume fixing that is
>>>>> as simple as sticking a refresh call of some sort in the right place?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 08:00:32PM +0100, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
>>>>>> On 14.01.2016 19:57, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know, I am difficult… :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In GAL canvas grid was almost invisible up to now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> With one of the last commit it obviously respects grid color which it
>>>>>>> didn’t before… yes, it is very visible now:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Bernhard,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I fixed this aside fixing another grid-related issue in the GAL canvas.
>>>>>> You can use the darkest colors if the grid is too bright :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have seen in the code that a “dot” grid (using small rectangles) seems
>>>>>>> to be implemented… any special reasons why this is not used?
>>>>>> None - just nobody thought about it, until now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Should this maybe get a configuration option?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
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