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[Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jon,

I have tested your patch and indeed it works as described. I have merged
the patch, as it does not break anything, but brings a potential benefit
to GALified gerbview.

Regards,
Orson

On 09/13/2017 03:53 PM, Jon Evans 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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