[Kicad-developers] Auto zoom-to-fit and the symbol editor

2019-04-05 Thread Jeff Young
When picking a new symbol we zoom-to-fit it. However, when picking a different unit of the symbol being edited we don’t. A user has complained about this[1]. However, it’s not clear to me on balance which would be better. If you had a large symbol and were zoomed in on a particular area and

Re: [Kicad-developers] Auto zoom-to-fit and the symbol editor

2019-04-05 Thread John Beard
Hi Jeff, I think the current default is somewhat reasonable. If editing a multi-unit part with substantially similar units, you are probably as likely to want to keep your current zoom as reset it. And zoom reset is a single keypress for when it isn't. As this is likely to be one of those things

Re: [Kicad-developers] Auto zoom-to-fit and the symbol editor

2019-04-05 Thread Wayne Stambaugh
This seems like a perfectly acceptable solution to me. You may also want to add this option to the symbol viewer as well. I'm sure someone will request that as well. On 4/5/19 9:08 AM, John Beard wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > I think the current default is somewhat reasonable. If editing a > multi-unit