Eeschema - end tool with hotkey

[Justin Partain]

Ability to end a tool with its hotkey, like how you can start a wire (w) and end a wire (w). This might apply to move (m) and stop move (m), drag (g) and stop drag (g), copy (c) and place copy (c).

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

There is not enough information here.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for KiCad because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Justin Partain (justinwpartain1)]

This was meant to be a simple improvement wishlist item. Currently, you can end the Wire tool with the same hotkey you start it with (w). I thought it would be a good idea to apply the same logic to Move, Drag, and Copy, placing the item being moved with the same hotkey it started with (m, g, c).

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

Please add version information.

In KiCad 5.0.0, I can not terminate a wire operation with the hotkey for it (w), but it works as when you click with the mouse, that is you can place corners and only terminates if the endpoint is a pin.

[Maciej Suminski (orsonmmz)]

Please note that you can either confirm with Enter or discard changes with Esc.

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

There is already a hotkey equivalent to the mouse double click.
therefore end tool with hotkey already exists since a long time for any command ending by a double click.

[Justin Partain (justinwpartain1)]

Ah, yes it seems this is no longer the case in Kicad 5 Nick. Since it was
removed from the wire tool, it was probably found not very helpful, so I'm
fine with closing this request.

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 10:56 AM Maciej Suminski <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Please note that you can either confirm with Enter or discard changes
> with Esc.
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> Title:
> Eeschema - end tool with hotkey
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Expired
>
> Bug description:
> Ability to end a tool with its hotkey, like how you can start a wire
> (w) and end a wire (w). This might apply to move (m) and stop move
> (m), drag (g) and stop drag (g), copy (c) and place copy (c).
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