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BUG: enter doesn't work in control panel

autodeskguest

I just installed version 7.5.0, and ran into a new bug.  I can navigate

thru the file tree view in the control panel as usual, but ENTER doesn't

work anymore to cause a file to be opened.  Apparently you have to double

click.

 

This is a rather blatant bug to slip thru.  It shows that your developers

use the mouse instead of the keyboard.  That's a preference, but everything

still needs to be checked using the keyboard as much as possible.

 

Personally, I prefer to type rather than click, because typing is so much

faster.  One of the great things about Eagle is that the underlying system

is command based, so that you can enter commands with the keyboard.

Between that and the flexible hot key system, you can really navigate and

control Eagle quickly with the keyboard.  The mouse only needs to be used

for inherently graphical interactions.

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  • On 11/20/2015 10:52 AM, Olin Lathrop wrote:

    I just installed version 7.5.0, and ran into a new bug.  I can navigate

    thru the file tree view in the control panel as usual, but ENTER doesn't

    work anymore to cause a file to be opened.  Apparently you have to double

    click.

     

    Hi Olin,

     

    Just filed the bug report.

     

    Thanks for finding this one, I personally didn't know you could use the

    enter key in the Control Panel.

     

    Best Regards,

    Jorge Garcia

     

     

  • in reply to autodeskguest

    Jorge Garcia wrote on Fri, 20 November 2015 12:10

    Thanks for finding this one, I personally didn't know you could use the

     

    enter key in the Control Panel.

     

     

    That's pretty standard for all such expanded tree views in Windows.  It

    works in Windows Explorer, for example.  It seems some library routine does

    this tree view thing, because it works that way in most such programs.

     

    I just tried what Gerald said, which is to use SPACE.  I didn't know SPACE

    did that, but it does work.  That's a workaround for now, but my fingers

    are used to ENTER.

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  • in reply to autodeskguest

    Jorge Garcia wrote on Fri, 20 November 2015 12:10

    Thanks for finding this one, I personally didn't know you could use the

     

    enter key in the Control Panel.

     

     

    That's pretty standard for all such expanded tree views in Windows.  It

    works in Windows Explorer, for example.  It seems some library routine does

    this tree view thing, because it works that way in most such programs.

     

    I just tried what Gerald said, which is to use SPACE.  I didn't know SPACE

    did that, but it does work.  That's a workaround for now, but my fingers

    are used to ENTER.

    --

    Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

     

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