Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of > kai-martin knaak > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 12:20 AM > To: geda-u...@seul.org > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: pcb keyboard shortcuts (and usability > in general) > > Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > 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 > > There is no much benefit in presenting all the properties of > all layers at the same time, squeezed in the available screen space. > IMHO, it would be better to open a properties dialog for just > one layer at a time. For example triggered by right-click on > the corresponding layer button. > > ---<)kaimartin(>--- > -- > Kai-Martin Knaak > Öffentlicher PGP-Schlüssel: > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x6C0B9F53 > > >
It's just to give "food for thought" and insight of how other CAD apps have solved this issue, the pcb-devs are very able to steer their own course. However, for designs with a large number of layers, having a non-modal "layers management" dialog could be a possibility te keep more screen space available for the drawing area. Not everybody has one (or more) wide flat screen(s) with a resolution >> 1680 x 1050 and a bazzillion colours. Parts of the contents for this "layers management" dialog already existst in the "Files/Preference..." pull down menu, in a dialog with two tabs (and another one for information). Just my EUR 0.02 Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
