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[ruth@xxxxxxxxxx]

One of my earliest impressions of KiCad as a new user was confusion over 
UI inconsistency: terminology, menu layouts, and shortcuts in 
particular. For common actions there should be a common trigger (key, 
click) with a common indication (icon, tooltip words etc). As an example 
I noticed again yesterday in pcbnew, mostly you 'delete' an element, 
except when you 'remove' it!

Personally, I find Command-D very handy as a duplicate action; I would 
be happy to see that used whenever it made sense. However, the best 
option would be to build in a keymap editor (surely there are components 
for this!) so we don't need a one-size-fits-all solution.

While on the topic, it would be really good to include more actions on 
the main menu: there are many things hidden in context menus that don't 
need to be.

Ruth

On 2017-06-16 14:54, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Please do not use 'D'.  Use Ctrl+D for duplicate.  You should check the
> Eeschema and Pcbnew hot key lists to make sure Ctrl+D is not already in 
> use.