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["Reece R. Pollack" <reece@xxxxxxx>]

I'll accept keeping the default behavior of the unmodified scroll wheel 
because changing something like this is would be a radical shift in the 
UI. However, I think this behavior should be programmable so users have 
the option to change it easily.

The worst-case scenario is to make all three behaviors different from 
other applications AND reverse the direction of motion a la Apple.

On 6/12/19 11:32 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
> Zooming with no modifier seems to be the more popular choice in the 
> creative and CAD applications I have come across (and is certainly my 
> preference, because I use middle-drag to pan).  Maybe someone needs to 
> do the legwork to see which actually is the most common re. left-right 
> vs. up-down.
>
> -Jon
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:28 AM Reece R. Pollack <reece@xxxxxxx 
> <mailto:reece@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     Most applications I've used provide these "gestures" with the
>     mouse wheel:
>
>     Pan up/down: no modifier
>     Zoom in/out: Control
>     Pan left/right: Shift
>
>     With KiCad I am forever zooming when I want to pan up or down. If
>     we're going to retain the current behavior of zooming with no
>     modifier, at least make left/right consistent with other
>     applications rather than making all three different from
>     everything else.
>
>     Also bear in mind that Apple has insistently reversed the use of
>     the mouse wheel compared with every other OS since the mouse wheel
>     was introduced decades ago. I understand that they insist this is
>     "natural", but it's only natural for Apple users which comprise a
>     small subset of the user base.
>
>     -Reece
>
>     On 6/12/19 10:33 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
> >     I’m putting the kicad gestures into the List HotKeys dialog.
> >      Problem is, I don’t know what they are.  So far I have:
> >
> >     Highlight Net           ctrl-left-button
> >     Clear Net Highlighting  ctrl-left-button
> >     Pan Up/Down             shift-mouse-wheel
> >     Pan Left/Right          ctrl-mouse-wheel
> >
> >     Others?
> >
> >     Thanks,
> >     Jeff.
> >
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