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[hauptmech <hauptmech@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that it could be improved; though I agree with Jon that messing 
with someone's muscle memory might make them sad.

Editable context menus are the solution I've seen (and used) in other 
complex software.

The heuristics that kicad uses to create the context menu are complex, 
so the user-editable approach that would probably work best is a 
suppression list. A list of Command IDs for which popup entries will be 
suppressed, in the config file. When one eventually wants to make it 
user friendly, it looks like 
http://blogs.solidworks.com/tech/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/menu-customisation.jpg.

On 26/02/18 15:27, Andrey Kuznetsov wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone else think the right context menu in pcbnew should have 
> some items shelved into submenus?