@robgrz I played a bit with the layer function. Very cool. Here is my immediate feedback / ideas / issues:
1. It would be good to have the Layer dialog remember its position when its closed. You don’t want to have to move it out of the way of the diagram each time you open it.
2. For consistency with other dialogs, allow right click to bring up the layer menu (the same as the ‘…’) within the layer dialog
3. Also for consistency, support drag and drop for the up down functions
4. I think that clicking and highlighting on a layer ought to activate that layer. It’s actually confusing that the layer highlights when you click on it - but isn’t actually activating the layer. The bold name isn’t really prominent enough to be the only indicator. The highlight is so much more prominent, that it’s confusing!
5. If you create a new layer, that layer should be the active layer automatically…because you’re going to want to add objects to that new layer, likely
6. Have some indicator as to which layer is active on the design page (maybe on the status bar at the bottom, by the cursor position?) - since the layer dialog isn’t up all the time, it would be helpful to know which of the layers you’re working on.
7. Don’t allow us to pick a layer color that’s the same as the “selected object” color…or even close. That’s just flat out confusing! It also turns out that blue is an issue - because toolpaths are blue. That limits your options. At a minimum, please change the order of the default colors/layer to push blues and reds to the end.
8. DONE> There ought to be an indicator for when a layer is locked
9. DONE> What are the ?'s next to the layer color for?
10. Add Deselect All on Layer
11. Add tooltips for the icons on the dialog|
12. It would be great to be able to dock the dialog, rather than having it being modal|
13. When clicking on “Select all in this layer” things that were selected before remain selected, even if they’re not on the layer. This is not “standard” behavior for selections in CC (or any other product, really). You would expect this if you were pressing CTRL or SHIFT…but in general, when you select something without the modifier, it is the only thing selected. I would consider this a bug. If CTRL or SHIFT click is not available, then I would suggest an “Add all to selection” option, in addition to “select all”
14. New to 524: The new feature added to NOT offset a copied object is too subtle. You press CTRL-C and there is no visual acknowledgement that the object is copied successfully. This may lead you to press multiple times - creating multiple copies on the new layer. Perhaps a Status Bar message that says, “Object Copied Successfully” could appear at the bottom and then disappear on next click or keypress?
- Gary
EDIT: This list remains valid as of build 524