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[Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>]

On 10/09/2019 18:49, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> One of our goals for v6 is to standardize the user interface to expected
> UX norms.  There will be a number of large changes to accomplish this
> and it will modify some workflows.  Moving the whole system to a
> selection-based interface (eeschema, pl editor as well as pcbnew) is
> good for long-term uptake of the system as well as making it easier to
> maintain.

Well, Ctrl-click to highlight was added by me during early development
of the GAL, because some other tools I'm quite used to have this
shortcut and the legacy highlight tool was a bit awkward for me.
Concerning the UX norms, it's not obvious that Ctrl is the standard way
of adding/removing items from the current selection. A quick test showed
that:
- MS office selection mode (sort of standard for Windows UX), Ctrl and
Shift have the same behaviour.
- LibreOffice ignores Ctrl modifier when selecting, only Shift works
- Same in case of Corel programs.
I know these keys have different function for selection lists (i.e. the
explorer window with folder/file icons), but this is not our case. IMHO
modifier keys (Shift, Alt, Ctrl) in a CAD tool should each have
different frequently used function.

If nobody opposes, I'll add an option in pcbnew preferences to select
between Ctrl-Click and a keyboard-only shortcut for net highlight.

Cheers,
Tom


> 
> -S
> 
> On 2019-09-10 12:29, José Ignacio wrote:
>> That's a big change. Are you sure it is a good idea to do without
>> asking users about it? (from my part it would annoy me quite a bit if
>> i was using master).
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 8:09 AM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ctrl-click was made consistent with Pcbnew (and platform standards)
>>> for toggle selection.
>>>
>>> ` is now hooked up to highlight net.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Jeff.
>>>
>>>> On 10 Sep 2019, at 13:30, Tomasz Wlostowski
>>> <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Am I missing something or did Ctrl-click to highlight a net
>>> suddenly
>>>> stopped working in pcbnew?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Tom
>>>>
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