Hi Seth, See below:
> On 14 Jun 2019, at 00:22, Seth Hillbrand <s...@hillbrand.org> wrote: > > On 2019-06-13 10:26, Jeff Young wrote: >> So I’ll be the contrary one. >> First, I do agree with getting the number of access points down. >> However, I find myself turning the ratsnest on and off a lot. And the >> toolbar is /much/ easier than the layers palette for that. >> As far as Preferences, I agree that it’s the right place for >> curved/straight (well, actually I’d be inclined to just offer >> curved, but I already lost that fight). But why have shown/not shown >> in preferences? And for that matter units and coordinates. These >> aren’t really set-and-forget types of things, and the options >> toolbar is both easier to access and more visible for inspection. >> So how about removing in/mm and polar/cartesian from Preferences (and >> leaving them and ratsnest on/off in the options toolbar), rather than >> moving ratsnest on/off to Preferences? > > > OK. It sounds like we are in agreement that the ratsnest on/off doesn't > belong in preferences but curved and probably show-on-move settings do. > > I'll take global ratsnest out of preferences and take the curved icon off of > the left bar. Can I also remove global ratsnest options from the View menu? The View menu is more accessible for sight impaired users. That said, I think our story is pretty weak there anyway, so it may be a moot point. > > @Jeff- What if I added hotkey handling for toggling view items like the > ratsnest? Would that address the rapid switch issue? (1) yes, a hotkey would be great (2) no, I don’t think it would substitute for a toolbar icon. > > I'd like to put in/mm in the board settings (for the current board) and > remove it from the preferences panel and side toolbar. You can already set > the grid to inches/mm so switching the display units is less likely (I think) > and would usually be on a per-project-basis. I still like the toolbar icon here too. I got back and forth constantly because I use metric dimensions for my board outlines, mounting holes, etc., but a lot of the footprints I use are in mils. Cheers, Jeff. > > Best- > Seth
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