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UX improvement - Switch to using Shift + "Two finger drag" (no click) on trackpads to Orbit around. #264
Proposed change to switch from Shift + "Two finger click and drag" to Shift + "Two finger drag" (no click) on trackpads to Orbit around.
System information
SolveSpace version: 2.3
Operating system: OS X Sierra
Expected behavior
Orbiting around using Shift + "Two fingers drag on trackpad" (no click) should work better. Pushing down to click is very cumbersome. You want to spin around the model like spinning an earth globe in school, effortless.
Actual behavior
Shift + "Two fingers click and drag on trackpad" orbits around but not pushing down hard enough to click causes the app to Zoom.
To better see the change i made this table:
Current behaviour
_
Pan
Zoom
Orbit
Flick fingers
_
X
_
Push down + Flick fingers
X
_
X
Shift
_
_
X
Proposed behaviour
_
Pan
Zoom
Orbit
Flick fingers
_
X
X
Push down + Flick fingers
X
_
_
Shift
_
_
X
Possible incompatibility with
"Two fingers drag on trackpad" (mainly up and down) are used for Zooming (scrolling) now which is fine, but it might lead to a possible incompatibility.
To fix this we could use Shift as a separator. "Flick your fingers" to Zoom(scroll) (current functionality) and press Shift + "Flick your fingers" to Orbit.
Testing
I ran a couple of tests, for other reasons I have a setup that can produce or reverse the effect of any gestures and clicks, and the user experience will improve sensibly.
changed the title [-]UX improvement - Switch from using "Two finger click and drag" + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/-][+]UX improvement - Switch to using "Two finger drag" (no click) + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/+]on Jul 14, 2017
changed the title [-]UX improvement - Switch to using "Two finger drag" (no click) + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/-][+]UX improvement - Switch to using Shift + "Two finger drag" (no click) on trackpads to Orbit around.[/+]on Jul 14, 2017
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[-]UX improvement - Switch from using "Two finger click and drag" + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/-][+]UX improvement - Switch to using "Two finger drag" (no click) + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/+][-]UX improvement - Switch to using "Two finger drag" (no click) + Shift on trackpad to Orbit around.[/-][+]UX improvement - Switch to using Shift + "Two finger drag" (no click) on trackpads to Orbit around.[/+]whitequark commentedon Jul 14, 2017
Duplicate of #68.