A2plus: New, one hand function (accessibility feature)

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A2plus: New, one hand function (accessibility feature)

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I’m proposing a new function for people like me that have a hard time using their second hand/arm. This should allow a person to select two features without pressing the control key while selecting the second part. Press the new mouse icon, select the first feature then then second part, then the constraint. Then select the first feature for the next constraint. Click in the background to clear selections at any time.
If you select the wrong feature when selecting the first feature, you can reselect another feature on the same part, but on the second feature you will need to start again.
You can download the files for testing at: https://github.com/DanMiel/A2plus/tree/OneButton
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Re: A2plus: New, one hand function.

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Cool, so this would be like an accessibility feature? Maybe useful for FC in general ?
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Re: A2plus: New, one hand function (accessibility feature)

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dan-miel wrote: Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:54 pm I’m proposing a new function for people like me that have a hard time using their second hand/arm.
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Thank you. Merged to A2plus V0.4.56
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Re: A2plus: New, one hand function (accessibility feature)

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Kunda1 wrote: Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:25 pm Cool, so this would be like an accessibility feature? Maybe useful for FC in general ?
Hi Kuda1,
I would call this an accessibility feature. My handicap happens to be Parkinson’s with the tremors making it hard to click an icon and hold down a control key. Sometimes it takes both hands to control the mouse. I’m not sure what other WorkBenches needs a similar feature. Thanks for editing the title.
kbwbe wrote: Sun Apr 10, 2022 12:04 pm Merged to A2plus V0.4.56
Kbwbe, Thanks for putting up the mouse feature.
I would like to get the constraint checker running. I don’t want to change your code which is why I sent you the files. I was hoping you would send me a work around. I noticed that you did a PR https://github.com/kbwbe/A2plus/pull/471 on github but they are old files. Are you done working with them? Should I start changing them? Don’t you think a constraint checker is needed for A2plus? I’m not a coder so I know my code is not good.
Dan
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