kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I've been daydreaming of doing this for a while, sounds good to me.

On Sun, Jun 04, 2017 at 10:27:49AM -0400, Jon Evans wrote:
> I agree with this approach! Switching to a tree lister for preferences was
> on my list of things to propose one day. Complicated creation software like
> KiCad inevitably needs lots of options, and in my opinion this is the
> nicest way to display them all in one place.
> 
> Some applications also have a search box right above the tree lister on the
> top left. If you type in something, it performs a fuzzy search and only
> shows the preference pages that have some text matching your search.
> 
> In terms of global vs project being separate windows, I don't have a strong
> opinion, but wanted to note that I've used applications with tree view
> preferences that mix them together (that is, project preferences are just
> another section of the tree) and think that approach works fine. The
> advantage is that everything you would possibly want to change is in one
> window; the disadvantage is possible confusion or overwhelming the user
> with options.
> 
> -jon
> 
> 
> On Jun 4, 2017 10:22, "Oliver Walters" <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The "Preferences" menu varies wildly between the different window views.
> 
> I have been playing around with a new way of displaying and viewing
> preferences.
> 
> Here's an early mockup (mostly aesthetic only, although a few of the
> preference items do work)
> 
> [image: Inline image 1][image: Inline image 2]
> 
> My idea is to have three of these dialog windows:
> 
> a) Global preferences
> b) Project-specific options (e.g. DRC)
> c) Library manager
> 
> I won't go too far down this road before getting feedback, in case this is
> not going to be something that is appreciated or likely to be merged.
> 
> So... thoughts?
> 
> 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