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[Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I've stared at that dx and dy for countless sessions of pcbnew,
trying to figure out how to make it useful based on looking at the UI. I
couldn't.

What if we replace the (IMO useless) mimicking of X and Y with a message to
press 'space' to measure?

Otherwise, there is no UI hint as to how to make the visible numbers useful.

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I don't like the idea of a "smart" origin either.  When I set the user
> origin, it's typically to place multiple objects on a given x or y
> coordinate.  I don't want kicad thinking it's smarter than I am and
> reset the user origin relative to where I started drawing some object.
> To me that would be more annoying than useful.
>
> On 5/10/2016 10:19 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Because that's only useful once in the entire session using pcbnew. Once
> you've
> > set an origin once you can't use that anymore. What's the point?
> >
> > I quite like the simplicity of the tool as it is. It's a ruler that you
> can
> > move around. Why do you need a ruler that's smart and picks itself up
> once in a
> > while? That just seems confusing.
> >
> > On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 08:15:52AM -0600, Duane Johnson wrote:
> >> I can see how this is useful once you know to press space bar. But what
> if
> >> it assumes an implicit origin in the following case:
> >> - no explicit origin has been set
> >> - the user is drawing a shape
> >> On May 10, 2016 12:39 AM, "Nick Østergaard" <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/en/pcbnew.html#_displaying_cursor_coordinates
> >>>
> >>> 2016-05-09 22:44 GMT+02:00 Collin Anderson <metacollin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>> Hit space bar, it will set the origin for dx and dy.  It's useful for
> >>> seeing where the cursor is relative to the most recent 'origin' set
> with
> >>> the spacebar.  I use it all the time :).
> >>>> --
> >>>> "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov
> >>>>
> >>>>> On May 9, 2016, at 2:39 PM, Duane Johnson <duane.johnson@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> When I create a rectangle, or line, I frequently want to know what
> the
> >>> size of the rectangle is (width and height). I would have assumed
> that's
> >>> what "dx" and "dy" in the footer/status bar are for; however, it seems
> like
> >>> in all cases, they simply reflect the same values as "X" and "Y". Am I
> >>> missing something, or is this something to be fixed?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>> Duane
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