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Message #30927
Re: [PATCH] Right click option to change layer and render color
Seppe,
Please fix your coding policy[1] violations. I saw some missing spaces
between brackets and function call arguments along with some trailing
white space.
Thanks,
Wayne
[1]:
http://docs.kicad-pcb.org/doxygen/md_Documentation_development_coding-style-policy.html
On 9/22/2017 5:21 AM, Maciej Sumiński wrote:
> Hi Seppe,
>
> This is a very good idea. I would have merged the patch, but you need to
> implement GERBER_LAYER_WIDGET::OnLayerRightClick(), as in the current
> state the code does not compile.
>
> Regards,
> Orson
>
> On 09/21/2017 06:25 PM, Seppe Stas wrote:
>> This patch makes it possible to change the color of layers and render
>> options using the right click menu. See attached picture:
>> [image: Inline afbeelding 1]
>>
>> The motivation for this is the current "double left click / middle click"
>> being somewhat obscure. I've been using KiCad for over 2 years and recently
>> found out about the double click method by looking at KiCad's source code
>> (I stumbled on the middle mouse button method earlier). At one point I even
>> borrowed a mouse from my colleague to change layer colors when I needed to
>> open a 6 layer board since I typically use a trackpad without a middle
>> mouse button. My colleagues, most of whom have been using KiCad for longer
>> than me, didn't even know changing the layer/render color is possible.
>>
>> Being able to change properties of a selected item using the right mouse
>> button is a lot more common in modern GUI applications and is more
>> consistent with how the rest of pcbnew works.
>>
>> Greetings
>> Seppe Stas
>>
>>
>>
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