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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Thanks for replying.  I wasn't sure this was going to interfere with any
work you are planning.  I'm fine with this approach as well.

Cheers,

Wayne


On 6/4/2017 6:04 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> 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
>>
>>
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