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Thank you... and a couple of feature requests. #203

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Khyretos opened this issue Nov 1, 2023 · 3 comments
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Thank you... and a couple of feature requests. #203

Khyretos opened this issue Nov 1, 2023 · 3 comments

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@Khyretos
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Khyretos commented Nov 1, 2023

I was able to make a carbon copy of my own ortholinear keyboard
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But the only thing i find anoying are these points and maybe they can become a feature:

  • Run minimized. As simple as it sounds, when minimized the program stops responding so running while minimized or minimize to tray would be a nice addition.
  • Make the background color of the key visible if a transparent png is supplied. right now the background of the keyboard is shown when you place a transparent png.
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  • an easier way to make forms? it's particulary hart to make a specific form (maybe because i dont have the know how) but maybe its an idea to have a separate editing window to make this.

Thanks for this amazing piece of software i can see a lot of love has been put in this :D cheers!.

@ThoNohT
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ThoNohT commented Nov 1, 2023

Hi,

This project has been inactive for a long time. I would not have too many hopes for new versions at this point. I don't have much time to work on it. But I would like to quickly respond to your suggestions:

Run minimized. As simple as it sounds, when minimized the program stops responding so running while minimized or minimize to tray would be a nice addition.

You can just leave it running in the background, behind any other programs you are using. Since I am using windows forms, windows will simply stop updating windows that are minimized, I don't think there is much I can do about it.

Make the background color of the key visible if a transparent png is supplied. right now the background of the keyboard is shown when you place a transparent png.

Make the background of the image the background of the key? I guess it makes it harder to reuse an image in multiple styles, but it should be a pretty easy workaround.

An easier way to make forms? it's particulary hart to make a specific form (maybe because i dont have the know how) but maybe its an idea to have a separate editing window to make this.

I don't know what this means, you mean shapes for keys? This should be pretty doable by selecting points or edges of a key and dragging them around, and right clicking a selected edge and choosing Add boundary point. If you want more precision, you can see all boundary points in the Key properties window. And as a last resort you can save the file and edit the coordinates in the generated keyboard file. I have to concede that it looks like the highlighting of points and edges as you hover over them is either broken or I never implemented it.

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Khyretos commented Nov 1, 2023

Thank you for your reaction, no worries it were just feature requests since those were the things i stumbled upon.
The project works great either way.

can i fork the project?

the only thing i really want is running in the background and maybe its not that hard to implement.

thank you for your work.

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ThoNohT commented Nov 1, 2023 via email

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