Hi all, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of Armin Faltl > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:16 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: pcb keyboard shortcuts (and usability > in general) > > > Andrew Poelstra wrote: > > This problem prompted me to suggest redoing the layer selector > > entirely to clean up the code, which in turn spawned the > > workspace/functional block discussion. > > > Since you want to do away with the radio buttons left of the > layers for activating I suppose you want use left-click for > activate (like Kai-Martin every 10th attempt I inadvertently > do this anyway). A means to switch visibility must be found: > once a right-click popup is assigned to the layer buttons, > this would just be one of the properties, until then, how > about using right-click or middle-click? > > Thinking of a way to display the extent of vias (for burried > vias) a bar left of the layers showing a bronze color strip > connecting the start and end layer makes sense to me. It's > similiar to a scrollbar but in reality could consist of > simple boxes with changing background color. > > The active layer could be shown with the corresponding button > depressed. > Cycling through visibility states can change the button > background color: > normal ................................... visible, full > saturation > darkish grey + bright text ..... greyed out > very dark + bright text .......... invisible > > Getting caught by a fixed start and end layer for vias while > routing on a different layer not in that range, it's probably > practical to have a setting 'via starts at current layer' - > using it may be a tradeoff between manufacturing cost and > ease of routing. > ( what happens if I want via_1 from layer 2<->4 and via_2 > from layer 3<->5? > ok, via_1 probably starts as blind while glueing layer 2,3,4 > , 1st metalization, then glueing layer 5 makes via_1 burried, > 2nd metalization connects layer 5 with layer 3,4 on via_2 - > with multiple drilling, sounds expensive ;-) > >
Maybe a single button would do to open a popup dialog to alter layer settings. Maybe something like this screenshot from AutoCAD: http://www.xs4all.nl/~ljh4timm/downloads/Layer_properties_manager.jpg Just the 5 left columns and the right most would do the trick. Regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
