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macboy:

--- Quote from: rstofer on April 02, 2019, 12:23:15 am ---
--- Quote from: newbrain on March 31, 2019, 10:10:17 am ---I suspect the interface feels unintuitive to most people for a simple reason:
The vast majority of GUI based programs use an object-action paradigm,  one select the object e.g. a component or wire) then decides what to do with it (e.g. move, rotate, copy).

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I use LTspice HOWEVER...

The GUI is trash because the menu buttons don't scale with screen resolution.  With a 3000x2000 screen even scaled to 300%, the buttons are still virtually invisible.  Buttons like 'Move' are VERY hard to find. There's little contrast and the button is less than 1/8" even on a 27" monitor.  It is almost impossible to use on my 13" Surface Book.

With a 1920x1080 display the program is fine.

Nobody else seems to have this problem.  Probably because they don't size objects in terms of pixels.

So, I use LTspice but only if I am desperate!  It's a great tool but not on my main system. When I'm really desparate, I run it on another machine.

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"Move" button, what Move button? Move is F8, obviously!  There's a button?
F6 to copy, F5 to delete. F7 to lift and move (separate from connecting wires when moving). F9 to undo. F3 to draw wires. Basic components all have shortcuts too, R, L, C, G, etc.  Control-R to rotate and Ctl-E to flip.  I would find it very annoying to have to move the cursor away from where I am working, just to click some silly button.
StillTrying:
"I would find it very annoying to have to move the cursor away from where I am working,"

So would I, that's why I put the tool bar at the bottom, you can move it almost anywhere, even on top of the schematic.
Zero999:
I work with the schematic in the middle of the screen so whether the toolbar is at the top or bottom makes no difference to how far I have to move the mouse.

I think the keyboard shortcuts could be easier to discover. They should be on the pop-up when the cursor is placed near the tool bar.
StillTrying:
I think the keyboard shortcuts could be easier to discover.

Yes, they're listed under 'Edit', and others.
Zero999:

--- Quote from: StillTrying on April 02, 2019, 02:55:24 pm ---I think the keyboard shortcuts could be easier to discover.

Yes, they're listed under 'Edit', and others.

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But the edit menu isn't used regularly by most users for them to discover them, because most tools can be found on the toolbar.
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