Comment 26 for bug 816739

On 03/22/2012 01:03 PM, Stefan D. wrote:
> Hi, here I send you a patch, that performs the zooming in a more natural way.
> It is *not* just disabling the mouse warping or only zooming to the screen center. Instead the new zooming enables the possibility to zoom in on a spot, without having to readjust your eyes on a new location of the spot.
>
> Please check it out and tell me what you think.
>
> P.S. Sorry for adding the "Also affects: kicad (Ubuntu)" thing. I'm
> relativly new at launchpad. This was perhaps a bit to harsh for a non
> show-stopper bug.
>
>
> ** Patch added: "natural_zooming.patch"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/816739/+attachment/2917364/+files/natural_zooming.patch
>

Stefan,

Works really nicely, just tried it.

(However, now I'm finding that I need some streamlined way to pan.
Where did that patch which claimed to support middle mouse button panning go?
Looking for it now.... )

The two patches may complement each other quite well, in concept.

Dick