I’m not a fan of tree controls for preferences, but there’s also the compromise of a list + tabs (a la QTCreator).
> On 21 Feb 2018, at 14:28, Jon Evans <j...@craftyjon.com> wrote: > > Before you commit to that, I had wanted to make an argument in favor of tree > view preferences instead of tabs. > I think we will quickly exceed a reasonable number of tabs in order to > accommodate having all the preferences in one place, especially given that we > will only have more and more features to bring us closer to feature parity > with more advanced ECAD software and those features will sometimes come with > their own preferences. > > -Jon > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:08 AM, Jeff Young <j...@rokeby.ie > <mailto:j...@rokeby.ie>> wrote: > Yes, but not for 5.0. > > See https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1748680 > <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1748680> (most of the Kicad menu items > will be app settings). > > But this reminds me that I should probably add a task to tabularize pcbnew’s > preferences like we did with eeschema. > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > >> On 21 Feb 2018, at 13:07, Bernhard Stegmaier <stegma...@sw-systems.de >> <mailto:stegma...@sw-systems.de>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Just to mention… it has been like this before the patches. >> At least on macOS, there is still a “Preferences” menu entry below the >> “KiCad” menu bar entry (the “General Settings” dialog). >> Then, there is the “Preferences” menu… without those “General Setting”. >> >> Because there is a “Preferences” menu bar entry I didn’t look anywhere else >> for the general settings. >> Took me quite a while to find them in the “KiCad” menu bar entry. >> >> Any plans to change this? >> >> >> Regards, >> Bernhard >> >>> On 20. Feb 2018, at 08:17, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:oe.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Michael and Jeff, >>> >>> It seems like we got our first small regression from this patch series. >>> Could you have a look. Please note it looks like it is window manager >>> dependent. >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1750494 >>> <https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1750494> >>> >>> Nick >>> >>> 2018-02-18 23:03 GMT+01:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>>: >>> Indeed I did forget. Thanks for the reminder. Thank you Jeff for the >>> patches. >>> >>> >>> On 02/18/2018 03:02 PM, Michael Kavanagh wrote: >>> Thanks Wayne. Please don't forget to merge Jeffs dialog changes which >>> complete the Pcbnew menubar modifications. I have reattached them to >>> this email for convenience. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >>> >>> On 18 February 2018 at 19:16, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> Michael, >>> >>> I figured out why we are not using IS_ACCELERATOR for these menu entries. >>> AddHotkeyName() adds a "+Alt+" to the hotkey so this is *not* what we want >>> so I used the original 0003 patch. I apologize for the confusion. I merged >>> this and you 0004 patch. We can make any tweaks to it if it's not exactly >>> what we want. Thank you for your contribution to KiCad. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Wayne >>> >>> >>> On 02/18/2018 10:10 AM, Michael Kavanagh wrote: >>> >>> In every other app New, Open, Save, Save As and Print are standard >>> hotkeys and not accelerators. They don't have the modifier key, so are >>> the "standard" keyboard shortcuts. >>> >>> Nevertheless, please find attached new patches for review. These >>> accompany both of Jeffs dialog patches. Hopefully I didn't break >>> anything, implementing the sketch modes removed from the dialogs >>> involved fiddling with the GAL tools framework. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Michael >>> >>> On 17 February 2018 at 17:27, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> It should be. We really need to get out of the bad habit of having >>> toolbar only access to tools and settings. I'm sure there are some in >>> the schematic editor, symbol editor, and footprint editor as well. >>> >>> On 02/17/2018 06:16 AM, Jeff Young wrote: >>> >>> The Fill/Outline stuff is included. 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