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Re: [Feature] Position Relative to

 

On 28.04.2017 18:26, Russell Oliver wrote:
> Hello All, 
> 
> For the purpose of accurately placing components I have developed a
> relative positioning tool. 
> Right clicking > Position Relative to or Control-R on selected items
> will bring up a dialog the same as the Move exact tool with a button for
> selecting another item, the 'achor'. Upon clicking OK the first
> selection is moved to a position relative to the anchor. 
> The position of anchor item is also displayed. 
> 
> Attached is the patch. 
> 
> Any comments on the functionality or code quality would be appreciated. 
> 

Hi Russell,

Thanks for the patch. Few comments:
- please follow the coding style rules,
- don't use wxPoints/wxSizes in the tool code (if not for the purpose of
interfacing with the BOARD_ITEMs).

Cheers,
Tom

> Regards
> Russell Oliver
> 
> 
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