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[John Beard <john.j.beard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mark,

On 11/06/2019 19:20, Mark Roszko wrote:
> Idea: quick tap of R just does 90. Long press R and it pops open a tiny 
> dialog with focus to enter a rotation number and then you can hit enter 
> and it just sets the rotation angle directly on the footprint 
> properties.

Ctrl+M will already do this (x, y = 0, theta = 45), and, moreover the 
last transform is retained, so the second time, it's is just "Ctrl+M, 
enter".

Setting rotation directly on the item will be possible with the Object 
Inspector.

> However I don't know if KiCad's hotkey system can tolerate timing based 
> shortcuts.

Not as far as I know. It would be pretty steep in terms of 
discoverability, I think, and long pressing gets frustrating quickly (I 
find on my phone).

Better IMO, if we're really short on hotkey real estate, would be 
"modal" or "chained" hotkeys, so Ctrl+R,H for half rotate.

Cheers,

John