It seems there doesn’t seem to be an option to change this in pcbnew itself, sadly.
As I build from source: does anybody know which variable in the code I need to tweak to reduce the grid intensity? I’ve messed about with some that seemed to be related, but sadly nothing happened to the grid.
I find it to be obnoxiously bright and disturbing. It used to be much more subtle.
There was a recent discussion in dev mailling about this, you may would like to check:
https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23523.html
You can change the grid color to a darker one (click on the color
indicator in the layer widget).
Tom
I must be blind… thank you.
Was facing this in the daily build version. Too bright to my liking, ended up changing it to gray. And looks like the previous implementation. Maybe a grid line thickness that can change would be better.
https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg23527.html
Dots are also coming to the GAL. Some people prefer lines, some other
dots, they will be selectable.
Tom
I find having OpenGL mode look different to the Classic is handy for switching between them, As I find I have to revert to Classic for copper fill operations
Is there any copper fill functionality missing in OpenGL mode?
In Ubuntu 15.10 64 bit 4.0.2
Default View
Select “Add Filled Zones”
Right click - Fill or Refill All Zones
OpenGL View
Select “Add Filled Zones”
A large cross appears at the cursor
Right click
No menu appears
You can use shortcuts to control zone filling. IIRC it’s “B” and “Ctrl+B”
Which works silently and no indication anything happened if nothing is modified in the displayed region - not very safe
Tom filed a bug after seeing this it seems: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1552322
If you find other things like this missing feel free to report them on the bug list! It really helps the devs.
I have added a comment to the above report. The two modes behave very differently when the copper zone is moved. There is nothing really wrong with the new way, except that the documentation needs to explain both