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[Steve Falco <stevenfalco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dino and Jeff. That works. So it is a new feature. Excellent!

Steve

On Mon, Jun 17, 2019, 4:28 PM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
> It’s more likely a difference in selection than tab vs. G.  Eeschema now
> supports stingy and hungry selections.  If you drag from the left to the
> right then only fully-selected objects will be included (this is the 5.1
> behaviour).  However, if you drag from the right to the left then even
> partially-selected objects will be included.  So if you made the selection
> in “selecting.png” from right-to-left then you also selected the two
> horizontal wires and the G command then dragged them as well.
>
> It should get what you expect if you either drag from left-to-right or
> drag to just include the resistor and part of each vertical wire.
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff.
>
>
> > On 17 Jun 2019, at 18:56, Steven A. Falco <stevenfalco@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I've been trying out eeschema 6.0, and I see a strange rubber-banding
> behavior change.
> >
> > I put four screen-shots here:
> >
> >
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pz9rfzrlxfdpb8a/AAC-B5yBKUtjzhyyWqKbXdSya?dl=0
> >
> > In "before.png" I show three resistors connected together, and in
> "selecting.png" I show how I select just the right-most resistor and its
> two attached wires.
> >
> > In 5.1.2, I then hit "Tab" and drag the resistor.  I get the result
> shown in "hit_tab_in_5.1.png".  The resistor is moved, and the wires up to
> the next component (i.e. the middle resistor) are rubber-banded.
> >
> > However, in 6.0, there is no "Tab" hotkey, so instead I type "g", which
> I had hoped would work like 5.1's Tab hotkey.  I get the result shown in
> "hit_g_in_6.0.png".  The resistor is moved as expected, but all the wires
> are rubber-banded, including the ones connected to the left-most and center
> resistors.  That seems like the wrong behavior.  I don't know if this is
> intentional or a bug.
> >
> >       Steve
> >
> >
> >
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