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Re: [OT-ish] Rotate while moving?

 

Please update your build. That version string is showing that your current
build is over 4 months old (it is from early June), and a loy of bugs have
been fixed since then.

-Ian

On Mon, 15 Nov 2021, 5:49 pm Brian, <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, I always forget to include that.
>
> Application: Pcbnew
> Version: (5.99.0-1130-ge92acbb7f-dirty), release build
> Libraries:
>      wxWidgets 3.0.5
>      libcurl/7.74.0 GnuTLS/3.7.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 libidn2/2.3.2
> libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3
> Platform: Linux 4.19.0-9-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
> Build Info:
>      Build date: Jun  5 2020 19:11:31
>      wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
>      Boost: 1.67.0
>      OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
>      Curl: 7.64.0
>      Compiler: GCC 8.3.0 with C++ ABI 1013
>
> Build settings:
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
>      KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
>      BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>      KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
>      KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
>      KICAD_SPICE=ON
>
>
> On 11/15/21 12:22 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> > It works on my build (5.99).  What version are you running?
> >
> >> On 15 Nov 2021, at 16:58, Brian <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I would swear that at one time in the past, while moving / grabbing a
> symbol or footprint (M or G), I could rotate it in the midst of the
> move/grab operation by pressing R.  Somewhere along the way, that stopped
> working; now I can only move, grab, OR rotate.
> >>
> >> Is there some option that controls this?  Being able to rotate while
> moving saves a lot of clicks when I'm trying to determine the best fit,
> turning a part this way and that while moving it around...
> >>
> >> I know this is more of a usage question than a development question, so
> please excuse the noise if this is the complete wrong place to ask.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Brian
> >>
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