In the previous version, Go to Zero and Set Zero were far more obvious. It’s now too easy to accidentally set to zero which can be a complex or multi- job killer. Please make it much more obvious for idiots like me ![]()
Current Ver - 1.5.7
In the previous version, Go to Zero and Set Zero were far more obvious. It’s now too easy to accidentally set to zero which can be a complex or multi- job killer. Please make it much more obvious for idiots like me ![]()
Current Ver - 1.5.7
So we actually took steps to address this issue in 1.5.x by moving Set and Goto on opposite ends of the DRO instead of directly next to each other and generally that’s helped most people.
Another useful tip for quick visual distinction is that the solid blue buttons generally are the ones that move your CNC (Like a goto), while the non-solid buttons do not. We’ve tried to keep this consistent across the main carve page.
Another thing you can look at is enabling “Warn when setting zero” in config, which will prompt you to confirm you want to zero when those buttons are pressed.
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If there’s further work that would help you in this situation you can let us know but hopefully the above is helpful
@KGN The warning to set zero has certainly been helpful. But even with the new placement of the buttons, I also find them too close. In fact, if you have to pause too long before pressing a button, it’s probably because it’s too close to another to feel comfortable pressing it without that pause.
I have resorted to using my phone along with the Touch Portal application and some custom buttons spaced like I want. But I only have the button without the current coordinates.
What might be really useful is if there was a web version of gSender that only had those buttons and the current coordinates. That way, Touch Portal would not be required. The current web version has too much information.
What would be even better would be to have these buttons in a pop out and sizeable window that you can move around on your screen. Ditto for the visualizer.
The visualizer itself is not particularly useful when you’re doing your jogging, homing, and zeroing. Conversely, the zeroing and jogging buttons are not useful when carving and looking at the visualizer. So maybe a tabbed or windowed layout would resolve the issue for older people like me with a 15" touch screen.
That’s the reason I stay with the old versions. I don’t like clutter.