In/decrease track width shortcut

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior]

The shortcut used to increase the width track is "w" and to decrease is "<Crtl>+w", but should be "<Shift>+w" as normally used by OSs the precedent "<Shift>" on the shortcut/hotkey means the opposite.

Application: pcbnew
Version: 6.0.0-rc1-unknown-0cca1c6~65~ubuntu16.04.1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.2
    libcurl/7.47.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2g zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.32 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.4.0-131-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.58.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
    Curl: 7.47.0
    Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 with C++ ABI 1009

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

I don't really see a proper explanation for changing this. IIRC you can configure ot in your hotkey conf as you like.

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr)]

So, may be my opinion. I know that I can change, but should the default shortcuts be the most standardized as possible?

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

I don't see any documentation on what you describe.

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr)]

I think there isn't any documentation. But just a common sense as UX.

For example LibreOffice / Word use Ctrl+z as undo and Ctrl+Shift+z (some times even Ctrl+y, but is not the case here) as redo.

Pcbnew use:
n -> set small grid
<Shift> + n -> set big grid
r -> rotate the footprint counterclockwise (positive graph math rotation notation)
<Shift> + r -> rotate the footprint clockwise (negative graph math rotation notation)

I think, part of this came from the understanding (by some users) that "N" make some opposite or related function with the shortkey "n". Following this (in my opinion) is better the default shortkeys:
w -> increase track width
<Shift> + w -> decrease track width

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

FWIW, we do use <shift> to go backwards in grids (shift-return for up, shift-tab for left), so there is precedent for what Hildo is suggesting....

[Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr)]

A make a lot of "verbal advertising" about KiCad to new user, and the consistence of the shortcuts between the 3 software (Eeschema, Pcbnew, GerberView) is something always asked. Questions as:
- This one (why used <Ctrl> to decrease with commonly is used <Shift> combination?).
- Why `t` place text in Eschema but not in Pcbnew, Library editor...

This small change of one shortcut may make user transitions easy.

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

Fixed in revision 27e6f5b9e8c5a874b41e5139137a637043302bf6
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=27e6f5b9e8c5a874b41e5139137a637043302bf6