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[Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OK, slight modification then.  Thanks to some clever Windows work today by
Mark R, the Alt key no longer locks up the application when released.  This
is sufficient for us to keep the alt key as an option for v6, so we've
re-enabled it.  Long-click and Alt should now do the same thing with the
caveat that we may be re-purposing the Alt key in v7 but we'll cross that
bridge once we get there.

Seth

On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 6:44 PM Andrew Lutsenko <anlutsenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Track pads either have buttons or have a clicking surface. Press click and
> hold is the equivalent to mouse button long click.
>
> On Sun, Sep 5, 2021 at 2:05 PM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Umm… how do you do a long-click on a track-pad set up for tapping?
>>
>> On 5 Sep 2021, at 21:53, Seth Hillbrand <seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Folks-
>>
>> A final update to the 5.99 modifier key situation has been pushed.  This
>> resolves a number of conflicting modifier keys for different actions.
>>
>> Part of this changes how you work with the 45° limitation and part of
>> this changes how you get the disambiguation menu.
>>
>> Previously 45° was a hotkey (Shift or in v5 Ctrl/Cmd).  This is now set
>> as a state.  By default, the TAB key switches between states but you can
>> customize this action hotkey to your liking.
>>
>> Previously, Ctrl (and earlier Alt in v5) allowed you to show the full
>> disambiguation menu (which item should I choose) without KiCad applying
>> heuristics to the items under the cursor.  Now, you access this option by
>> clicking and holding the left mouse button down.
>>
>> Moving these actions allows us to standardize the modifier key mapping
>> (Ctrl/Alt/Shift) for selections without the use of the Alt key, which was
>> problematic for Windows users.
>>
>> Currently:
>>
>> Shift + Click = Add to selection
>> Shift + Ctrl + Click = Remove from selection
>> Ctrl + Click = Highlight net
>>
>> When not using the selection tool, the Ctrl modifier key still allows you
>> to ignore grid snaps when drawing and the Shift modifier still allows you
>> to ignore item snaps.
>>
>> Seth
>>
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