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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/4/2017 10:53 AM, Marco Ciampa wrote:
> On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 02:36:06PM +0200, Kristoffer Ödmark wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> +1
> 
> I like the GIMP way: 
> 
>  - CTRL+drag means substract objects from the selecion
>    and appears little minus symbol near the pointer to feedback this
> 
>  - SHIFT+drag means add objects to the selection
>    and appears little plus symbol near the pointer to feedback this

Custom cursors for inside versus intersect selection could be a good way
to make the different selection bounding box feature discover-able
without being too distracting to the user.

> 
>> But the hidden features problem is one that is starting to affect more and
>> more of pcbnew since functionality is added continuosly.
> 
> agree
> 
>> 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.
> 
> again this would be very handy as it is already present for instance in GIMP.
> 
> We should figure out how to obtain this, at least for HTML... I have some
> ideas about how it can be obtained but I have to check for those
> feasibility...
> 
> Regards,
>