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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry,  I was talking about the nightly version.

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 12:24 PM Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are you using my gerbview_gal branch and testing with gerbview?  That is
> the only place where this feature is enabled.   If you would like to test
> it outside of that branch, change m_panWithRightButton to true and rebuild.
>
> I don't have a Windows laptop to test with at the moment, but I would
> believe that the behavior of trackpads is different -- this will only work
> if (like Apple trackpads) the trackpad translates a "press with two
> fingers, then drag" as a "right button drag" event.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> FYI, Regarding panning with 2 fingers, it does not work on my Lenovo
>> laptop running windows 8.
>> Only zoom works, 2 finger up-down motion.
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:53 AM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Orson and Bernhard,
>>>
>>> 1) If the left-click pan setting is enabled, it does conflict with
>>> left-click dragging (to make a group selection, for example).  I do not
>>> enable left-click pan anywhere by default, I just added it in case there is
>>> a single-function "pan tool" ever desired, like what is available in most
>>> PDF readers.
>>>
>>> 2) If the right-click pan setting is enabled, it only handles drag
>>> events, so in my testing, you can still use the right click menus just fine
>>> (because it is a click without a drag).  I would welcome feedback if anyone
>>> tests this and finds that it causes issues with right-click.
>>>
>>> 3) This setting is currently only enabled in my GerbView GAL branch, so
>>> if you want to test it on master, you will have to just force the default
>>> to enable right-click pan, and then it will also work in pcbnew.
>>>
>>> 4) The reason for this change is that the "touchpad pan" option allows
>>> you to pan with the touchpad but not zoom, since it is using the same
>>> events.  My patch allows (in some tools, when appropriate) four different
>>> actions without leaving the mouse/touchpad:  Left click to select, Right
>>> click for context menu, mouse wheel, and right-drag for pan.  On an Apple
>>> touchpad at least, this lets you both zoom and pan with just gestures.
>>> This new patch is not specific to MacOS though, I have tested it on Linux
>>> as well and with various mice in addition to the Mac touchpad.  On regular
>>> mice with wheel it also allows you to select, zoom, and pan at the same
>>> time.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 6:51 AM, Bernhard Stegmaier <
>>> stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Did you try (at least for laptops) the existing touchpad panning -
>>>> instead of introducing yet another panning mode?
>>>> The 2-finger panning gestures should meanwhile also be available on
>>>> Windows/Linux?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bernhard
>>>>
>>>> > On 13. Sep 2017, at 11:21, Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Jon,
>>>> >
>>>> > I apologize for delayed replies, I have very limited time for KiCad
>>>> > development recently.
>>>> >
>>>> > I do not mind adding such setting, but does not it cause issues with
>>>> > right-click menus or left mouse button click actions?
>>>> >
>>>> > Regards,
>>>> > Orson
>>>> >
>>>> > On 09/06/2017 03:31 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
>>>> >> Hi all,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> This patch extends the VIEW_CONTROLS to allow optional panning with
>>>> left or
>>>> >> right buttons in addition to middle.  I plan to make use of this in
>>>> >> GerbView for an easy panning mode that works well on laptops and
>>>> 2-button
>>>> >> mice, and this might also be useful in other applications --
>>>> drag-to-pan
>>>> >> with the right button is a handy thing to enable in editing tools to
>>>> make
>>>> >> them usable when you don't have a middle button.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> -Jon
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
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>> Andrey
>>
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