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[José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>]

the way autocad did it since about when computer mice started coming out
for computers was to use a continuous border for the rectangle when doing a
"window" select (that is, all objects must be completely enclosed to be
part of the selection), when dragging the other way the outline is dashed
for a "cross" selection (all objects touching get selected). I remember
when i first used Autocad 2000 that was one of the first features i
discovered on my own and it was pretty nice. More modern versions of
Autocad also tint the inside of the selection rectangle, blue for window
selection and green for cross selection. I suggest to just use this as it
is good enough and consistent for people that are already familiar to CAD,
without it being a huge barrier for newcomers.

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On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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,
> >
>
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