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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] exactly how is moving between sides/layers supposed to work, and more generally...
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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 10:08:39 +0100
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"Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:

> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Stephan Böttcher <geda AT psjt DOT org> wrote:
>> "Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
>> <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:
>>
>>> Ok.  I think the overloading on B is good.
>>
>> No.  Shift-X acts on selection, X acts on object under the mouse.  If
>
> The overloading I was referring to on B is already there.  Neither X
> nor Shift-X are bound to anything in the shipping arrangement so far
> as I can tell.  What do they do for you?

For X in (Del, B, M, H, J), at least, the behaviour is as described.

>> you weaken that priciple the user experience will become worse, not
>> better.
>
>> Make the features more discoverable.  But please do not try to
>> "optimize" them in isolation.
>
> I'm not, I'm going through and finding all the inconsistencies they
> have with respect to one another.  I'd like them to be more
> consistent, not less so.  Maybe take a look at my original post.

Sure, there you proposed:

> How I think it should work:
>
>     Like 2. above, with the additional behavior that if nothing is selected
>     the hovered element is sent.

I thought, this is the overloading you referred to.  Please don't.

-- 
Stephan

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