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[Kristoffer Ödmark <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

Personally I would like the box select to update selections online while 
dragging, this would be very informative. I also think that maybe this
functionality would be better with a modifier button now that I think 
about it, since sometimes I cannot starta a drag move in one corner due 
to a large footprint residing there and then getting selected.

But the hidden features problem is one that is starting to affect more 
and more of pcbnew since functionality is added continuosly.

I know there is a manual for pcbnew, maybe tools should have some 
shortcut to go to the relevant section of that manual? Or the tools have 
a shortcut to go a "tool manual" I have no clue on how to achieve this, 
but It would be nice.

-Kristoffer

On 05/04/2017 02:16 PM, Konrad Beckmann wrote:
> 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >   -Kristoffer
> >
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 -Kristoffer