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Re: Use of cursor keys in MLCad views
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 21 Mar 2001 18:23:47 GMT
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Daniel Crichton wrote:
> Maybe I have something setup incorrectly here, or maybe I'm asking for
> something that is in the works for v2, but I find it a pain to use my
> "mouse" (it's a flat pad on a laptop PC and not very easy to use) to move
> parts in the 3 views so I tend to use the cursor keys instead. This poses • a
> bit of a problem when I need to move a piece in the Y axis as the cursor
> keys only move parts in the X and Z axes. Would it be possible to have the
> keys change depending on which of the views is the "active" view (and • maybe
> a 1 pixel coloured edge around the view currently active just in case I
> forget!) so that the arrows represent movement in that view pane? eg. if • the
> view is Front then the left and right keys are for movement in the X axis
> and up/down are for the Y axis, if the view is Top then left/right are for
> the X axis and up/down are for the Z axis, and if the view is Right then
> left/right is for the Z axis and up/down is for the Y axis?
[snip]
Home and End move pieces up and down in the Y axis. (I don't know if you
knew that...)
Regards,
--Ryan
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| "Ryan Farrington" <ryanjf@ifriendly.com> wrote in message news:00bb01c0b234$6b...dly.com... (...) No, I didn't - thanks for letting me know. It's still a bit of a pain as my home and end keys are in the far top right of the keyboard and next to each (...) (26 years ago, 22-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Use of cursor keys in MLCad views
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| Maybe I have something setup incorrectly here, or maybe I'm asking for something that is in the works for v2, but I find it a pain to use my "mouse" (it's a flat pad on a laptop PC and not very easy to use) to move parts in the 3 views so I tend to (...) (26 years ago, 21-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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