(solved) settings - selection radius

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(solved) settings - selection radius

Post by bambuko » Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:23 am

My subject might not be using correct terminology (sorry), but I am sure drawing below will explain what I am after :?
Is there (where is it?) a setting which would allow me to adjust radius of a point selection circle, please?
I find it difficult (i.e. it requires too much precision) to select these points reliably - I need to be right on top of the point or else I end up moving the whole thing :oops:

It might be something to do with my screen size and resolution?
It might be also because I can't see very well whether it is selected or not (i.e. blue changes to black :cry: )
so here, the second question, please - is it possible to set/change colour of picked item?
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Re: settings - selection radius

Post by andrew » Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:05 pm

It's indirectly controlled by
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Behaviour > Cursor range for picking entities

Indirectly, because the range for picking reference points has to be lower than that for picking entities and there's a maximum range of 10 pixels.

You might also want to increase the display size for reference points unter:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Reference point size

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Re: settings - selection radius

Post by bambuko » Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:15 pm

andrew wrote:
Sat Jan 28, 2023 12:05 pm
...You might also want to increase the display size for reference points unter:
Edit > Application Preferences > Graphics View > Appearance > Reference point size
That was the one - thank you :!:
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