kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Konrad Beckmann <konrad.beckmann@xxxxxxxxx>]

SketchUp implements this behaviour as well
(https://help.sketchup.com/it/article/3000085). I'm not sure but it
might be a common pattern in other programs as well. Maybe a helpful
tooltip-text on the selection tool would be enough?

//Konrad

On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kristoffer Ödmark
<kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I like the functionality a lot! Selection is probably the one thing that is
> used most of all functions in kicad, so I clearly like that it can be done
> in multiple ways! I do however wonder how one would find and discover this
> functionality?
>
> - Kristoffer
>
>
> On 05/02/2017 09:25 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>
>> I have attached a patch-set that implements "partial selection" of objects
>> when the selection box is dragged right-to-left.
>>
>> L -> R = Objects must be completely enclosed to be selected
>> R -> L = Objects that intersect the selection rectangle will be selected.
>>
>> To achieve this I had to fix a lot of the HitTest implementations as this
>> was broken for most shapes, under a variety of edge cases (some HitTest code
>> did not work at all).
>>
>> There are two issues I see as outstanding, and am unsure how to proceed:
>>
>> 1. When editing a PCB, selecting part of a footprint (e.g. a line of the
>> courtyard) selects both that line and the entire footprint. This causes some
>> issues when the footprint is dragged around the PCB. I believe that the line
>> should not be selected separately, but the entire footprint should.
>>
>> 2. The inverse of 1. In the footprint editor, selecting a single graphical
>> item selects the entire footprint. Somehow I would like to filter the
>> selection such that individual items are selected but NOT the entire
>> footprint.
>>
>> Feedback please! :)
>>
>> I have fixed hit testing (both for wxPoint and EDA_RECT comparison) for:
>>
>> - Pads (all shapes)
>> - Lines
>> - Circles
>> - Arcs
>> - Text items
>> - Zones
>> - Footprints
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Oliver
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
>> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>>
>
> --
>  -Kristoffer
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> Post to     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp