Posted by GeoffatMM on Oct 29, 2021; 5:42am
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Test-new-macOS-package-tp5718795p5721164.html

More on the Layer List.

Item 1

A left click selects a layer.  I can then right click to access the edit layer dialog box.

However, if I then move to another layer and right click to access the edit layer dialog box LibreCAD does not focus on the second layer and the edit layer dialog box brings up the previously selected layer.  I do not think this should happen.  If I select one layer then right click on another layer and select toggle visibility, it toggles the second layer selected even though the edit layer box remains attached to the previously selected layer.  This means I can only edit the layer attributes if I first force it into focus.

Item 2

If I want to toggle a layer into and out of view the behaviour of the layer window is strange.  If the selected (focused) layer is present in the layer window I can do it (that is if the layer is close to the selected layer and I toggle, the window list does not change).  However, if I scroll away from the selected layer so it is not visible in the layer list but is still the active (focused) layer and then toggle an item, the list resets itself so that the active layer is in the list window, either at the top (if the toggled layer is after it) or at the bottom (if the toggled layer is before it).

This can be frustrating when concentrating on the drawing and trying to toggle an item on and off to see if (for example) the entities are in the correct layer.  Due to the movement of the list I end up toggling another item unintentionally.

Geoff