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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, except on OSX, where the legacy canvas didn’t support it.

So turning on the checkbox isn’t supported in Mac-legacy, while turning off the checkbox isn’t supported in other-legacy.

I haven’t the foggiest idea how to communicate that succinctly.




> On 7 Feb 2018, at 20:39, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> The crosshair behavior is canvas dependent.  In the legacy canvas, the
> crosshairs (full screen or small) are always shown.  In the modern
> canvases, the crosshairs are only show when a tool is active and the
> option is disabled.  Enabling the option makes the modern canvas
> behavior the same as the legacy canvas.
> 
> On 2/7/2018 3:37 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> Oh wait, bells are ringing.
>> 
>> The disclaimer on the checkbox is OSX-only.  Other platforms support it even in legacy, don’t they?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7 Feb 2018, at 20:28, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just looked and there is no mention of legacy or modern in the
>>> checkbox string.  There is a "not supported in legacy graphics" note in
>>> the grid options but not the crosshair setting.
>>> 
>>> On 2/7/2018 2:24 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>>>> We already did.  Well: “Always display crosshairs (not in Legacy)”, anyway.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 7 Feb 2018, at 19:21, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2/7/2018 1:54 PM, jp charras wrote:
>>>>>> Le 07/02/2018 à 19:44, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>>>>>>> If you are using a gal canvas, the only time you see the cross hairs is
>>>>>>> when a tool is selected.  This is true of even the small cross hairs.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, but if in Preferences/Display Options you enable "Always display crosshairs" you should have
>>>>>> the crosshair cursor always displayed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So that's what that option is for!  We really should change the text to
>>>>> is "Always display crosshairs in modern canvas" since this has no effect
>>>>> on the legacy canvas.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2/7/2018 1:41 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier wrote:
>>>>>>>> Yes, did see the button (synced today).
>>>>>>>> But it didn’t seem to change anything.
>>>>>>>> Where should I see it?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 7. Feb 2018, at 19:39, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> The crosshairs should be available again in a current build.  Do you see the toolbar button on the left?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 7 Feb 2018, at 17:36, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegmaier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> … yes, no good.
>>>>>>>>>> It seems to be OK when just panning around.
>>>>>>>>>> But, it gets very laggy while e.g. dragging/moving symbols around (even on a not so big schematic I had at hand).
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> It is fine if you take out the Refresh() quoted below on macOS.
>>>>>>>>>> I didn’t see any obvious things on a quick check with the remaining changes (might be due to the fact that crosshair is still disabled on macOS?).
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Bernhard
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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