Hi,
On 16/11/2021 18:58, David Slipper wrote:
Sorry re highlighting - getting confused with DipTrace ;-)
Using 5.1.10, but upgrading to 5.1.12 made no difference.
Yes editing in schematic editor (as per subject line).
Just a stab in the dark: I tried to prevent connecting wires, I found two ways. (On Debian/Linux with 5.1.9 though.)
One: if the Ctrl and Shift keys are pressed while you are working the wires are unable to make connection. This happens to me sometimes if I have my keyboard stuffed away in a corner because I want all the space for the mouse - inevitably something accidentally presses some keys...
Two: if I accidentally press the middle mouse button instead of the left one the program does not register this as a valid click. On some models there are so many buttons that it is easy to click the wrong one or two by accident.
So:
Check your keyboard is okay and you don't accidentally press Ctrl+Shift or some other keys. Do other programs misbehave too? If so your keyboard may need replacing because of faulty keys. Sometimes switching between a host system and a virtual machine makes the VM miss key-press or key-release events and the VM believes some key is still pressed: press all 6 Meta Keys (Ctrl, Shift, Alt) to give it an update on the keyboard state. Connecting to a system via remote desktop can also confuse the heck out of keyboard and mouse events - I regularly scream at my screen because remote systems have the wrong keyboard layout...
Check you are really clicking the left button and your mouse is not making your life more difficult than it needs to be.
Sometimes additional input devices can confuse the system. Like a graphics tablet with its pen lying idly on the surface or an over-sensitive laptop touch pad reacting to your typing on the keyboard. Or some multi-media gadget acting as if it was a crazy keyboard. Talking about multimedia: using the second monitor to watch videos with VLC (or other players) does not help either - they intermittently create a Shift- or Ctrl-Key-Event to prevent the screen from switching off. Sometimes screen grabbers and conference software can have weird effects too.
There is an alternative to ending the wire with a left click: go to where it should end and press the RIGHT button, the context menu offers an "End Wire" option.
Just to make sure: to lay a wire you select the wire (green line without a letter) from the tool bar on the right, then you single click the start position, pull without continuing to click, and single-click the end position. If you want the wire to end in the "air" without a pin you double click.
Also: to connect a wire to a pin you have to point exactly at the little circle at the outer end of the pin, otherwise it does not connect. Enlarge the target symbol before pointing at it. You can use the mouse scroll wheel to change zoom level (as well as Shift-Wheel and Ctrl-Wheel to move about the sheet) while you are dragging a wire without losing the wire. If the little circle at the end of the pin does not disappear then you may have a wire, but no connection.
If you are using a graphics tablet or laptop pad as mouse you have to remember to only tap the pen/pad to start a wire and then tap again for ending it. You don't "paint" the wire like a line in a graphics program.
I hope that helps to narrow it down.
??? Konrad
