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Re: MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:15:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Michael Lachmann writes:
> Since many people asked for a grouping feature in MLCad, I would like to ask
> what you think is usefull and how the grouping feature should work.
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> My suggestions so far:
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> - User selects one or more parts and either selects GROUP from a menu or hits
> a short-cut or clicks onto a icon in the tool-bar.
> QUESTION: Does it make sence to provide all three possibilities or not? If not
> which would you like?
I prefer the toolbar the most and the shortcut as close second.
> - If the user selects a part which belongs to a group the whole group will be
> selected.
> QUESTION: Does this make sence? Or how should it work ... I see a problem
> getting one part removed from the group (with this solution user would have to
> do an ungroup, select the parts again and group again.
> If I do not select all of them, the question is how to apply certain operation
> to a whole group without overloading the menus and tool-bars, and contiously
> asking which group the user means?
I would like to see it like this:
Normal left click selects the group the part belongs to. If the part doesn't
belong to a group select the part itself instead.
Shift + left click selects a single piece
-Frank
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 | | Re: MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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| SHIFT + Left klick will not work, since this is commonly used for extended selections. e.g. Click on a part, than SHIFT click on a part 3 lines below the first part and all parts between get selected too. Also CTRL + left klick is used already, (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | MLCad Grouping Feature Specification
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| Since many people asked for a grouping feature in MLCad, I would like to ask what you think is usefull and how the grouping feature should work. My suggestions so far: - User selects one or more parts and either selects GROUP from a menu or hits a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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