FR: Assign shortcut keys to components

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I'm reworking a design. What I do is copy and move components (to the new 
layout) and draw straight traces. Half my time is spent moving the mouse (using 
a trackpad) to and from the straight trace button on the toolbar. If I could 
assign the 'straight trace' to a key I'd save so much time.

One idea is to configure this feature from the template dropdown on the 
toolbuttons.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by per.tre...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2012 at 7:21

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I was thinking about that too and I can't find an elegant way to do it except 
for a dedicated window where you can assign keys to component types. Directly 
in the toolbox is not very good because you don't have an overview of which 
keys are already taken and it's not easy to remove assigned keys.

Original comment by bancika@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2012 at 9:28

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The menu option in the dropdown opens a dialog for assignment. The dialog lists 
the keys and their current assignments (plus a 'none' option). If you select a 
key that's already assigned to another component you replace that option.

On the other hand it would be really nice to be able to assign keyboard short 
cuts to config options and layer locks.

Original comment by per.tre...@gmail.com on 19 Oct 2012 at 9:38