[Ktechlab-devel] Feature Requests

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El Martes, 10 de Enero de 2006 23:36, David Saxton escribió:
> On Tuesday 10 January 2006 22:33, asraniel wrote:
> > > There is also "manual connection routing" available
> > > (http://ktechlab.org/documentation/connecting_components.php) to allow
> > > manual control over positioning of connections. Or do you mean the
> > > ability to move wires about in addition to this?
> >
> > Ah, wasnt easy to find that pulldown menu for manual connections.. dont
> > ask me why, even when i was reading the doc about it i was looking at my
> > screen for 2 minutes before i found it.
>
> That sounds like a usability bug to me. (I know you said don't ask  ;),
> but.. ) why do you think you didn't notice it? Is the icon bad / were you
> expecting a different method of changing the routing method / etc?
>
> > And yes, a way to move the connections after you made them would be nice,
> > but perhaps a big change in the whole
>
> Ok. Such a feature is useful, but the trouble is - how would the user move
> the wires about?
>
> The obvious choice is left-clicking and dragging, but this is reserved for
> creating new wires. Other mouse buttons (right or middle) could be used,
> but this would conflict with existing actions, and is less discoverable.
> The same goes for using control keys (although this at least does not
> conflict with other actions). Any ideas?


At the Tools toolbar there is a button with drawing tools. Why not move those 
tool buttons (text, line, arrow...) to a new toolbar plus "wire" and "select" 
button? The Select button could be the default option and be used to select 
and move any object, including wires.

One click on a tool button (wire, line, arrow) allows you to draw once. Double 
click becomes a continue drawing tool until you hit Esc or click on another 
tool button. I like this behaviour, it will be nice to see it in ktechlab.