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Group while using move tool

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autodeskguest over 9 years ago

I'm sure a lot of us miss the common GUI function

"click-and-hold-LMB+hold-down-while-dragging" to do grouping, instead of

actually having to choose group tool first.

 

I'm hereby "thinking loud" if this would cause any conflict if added to

the move tool. Doing click LBM and hold while dragging doesnt really

make sense on the move tool. So why not use it to group?

 

Today the down-click starts the move operation. If it was moved to the

button release event (more common across different tools I guess), it

would enable Eagle to separate click+move from click only, and add this

long wanted auto-group + move function.

 

Also, script wise this could have been supported by a new "hold LMB" key

modifier, and it would not conflict with old functionality at all.

If the chosen modifier was '<' for "hold LBM", a command like "move (<0

0) (10 10) (R0 10);" would actually group the square, and move it up by

10 units.

 

Does anyone see any conflicts that I don't see?

 

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    autodeskguest over 9 years ago

    On 21.09.2016 15:24, Lorenz wrote:

    Morten Leikvoll wrote:

    On 21.09.2016 11:27, Lorenz wrote:

    Morten Leikvoll wrote:

    I'm sure a lot of us miss the common GUI function

    "click-and-hold-LMB+hold-down-while-dragging" to do grouping, instead of

    actually having to choose group tool first.

     

    I'm hereby "thinking loud" if this would cause any conflict if added to

    the move tool. Doing click LBM and hold while dragging doesnt really

    make sense on the move tool. So why not use it to group?

    it would remove the click-drag-release method of moving objects/groups

    around.

    Why would it remove that? I didn't want it to replace the traditional

    move..

     

    you propose to use  left-mouse-botton-down+drag for grouping.

     

    In that case  mouse-downdragrelease  moves are no longer possible,

    only clickdragclick moves.

     

     

    Ah right, I never used drag + release myself.. I always click move

    click. Thats the scrip recipe too. Pity that you are so dependant on

    this, imo, special function.

     

     

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    autodeskguest over 9 years ago

    On 21.09.2016 15:24, Lorenz wrote:

    Morten Leikvoll wrote:

    On 21.09.2016 11:27, Lorenz wrote:

    Morten Leikvoll wrote:

    I'm sure a lot of us miss the common GUI function

    "click-and-hold-LMB+hold-down-while-dragging" to do grouping, instead of

    actually having to choose group tool first.

     

    I'm hereby "thinking loud" if this would cause any conflict if added to

    the move tool. Doing click LBM and hold while dragging doesnt really

    make sense on the move tool. So why not use it to group?

    it would remove the click-drag-release method of moving objects/groups

    around.

    Why would it remove that? I didn't want it to replace the traditional

    move..

     

    you propose to use  left-mouse-botton-down+drag for grouping.

     

    In that case  mouse-downdragrelease  moves are no longer possible,

    only clickdragclick moves.

     

     

    Ah right, I never used drag + release myself.. I always click move

    click. Thats the scrip recipe too. Pity that you are so dependant on

    this, imo, special function.

     

     

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