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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

It's on my list for today.  It would be nice if an osx dev could test it
before it's committed just in case there is some unexpected behavior on osx.

On 1/27/2017 7:43 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> Just tried this. It's REALLY nice to be able to nudge the model around
> by turning the scroll wheel over the fields. <3
> 
> Anyone test this on something other than Linux yet? I'd like to see this
> merged.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 05:24:17PM +0100, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>> Yes, you can still manually change the values, I tried that.
>>
>> The only change I did to the code was to change the stepping of the offset
>> to 0.1mm instead of 1 in this patch. the best thing is that you can now use
>> the scrollwheel as well. Wich makes rotating stuff a breeze.
>>
>> - Kristoffer
>>
>> On 2017-01-26 17:09, Chris Pavlina wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 09:49:40AM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>> If no one is opposed to adding spin controls to the 3D model selection
>>>> dialog, I'll commit this patch when I get a chance.  I've never been
>>>> convinced that using a spin control to change a floating point number is
>>>> terribly useful but I'm guessing some users will prefer this over manual
>>>> entry of calculated values used by old curmudgeons like me.
>>>
>>> I can see value in it. When you're moving around a 3D model, you don't
>>> want to type in a specific value, you want to move it until it's
>>> aligned. If the model is far off it can be hard to guess what the offset
>>> should be like, so having a button to nudge it up and down could be nice.
>>>
>>> Might want to hold off for a bit though as I think there was talk about
>>> an updated patch in IRC, this might not be final
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/26/2017 6:11 AM, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>
>>>>> One thing that has always bothered me is that when aligning 3D models to
>>>>> fit the footprint, one have to type the value and test, delete
>>>>> characters and test again. Very minor issue, but it still bothers me.
>>>>>
>>>>> With a spinbox the values can be changed using the mouse only.
>>>>>
>>>>> attaching the patch for this minor change.
>>>>>
>>>>> - Kristoffer
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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