- in Distance Plugin made sure that the grid snapping restore is working properly (previously it always restored it to the ON state)

- the HUD display is no longer default active on new installations

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ CHANGELOG for FlatCAM Evo beta
 
 - a minor fix in the Plotcanvas() class
 - fixed the OR-tools path optimization (it required now a cast to int when creating the distances' matrix)
+- in Distance Plugin made sure that the grid snapping restore is working properly (previously it always restored it to the ON state)
+- the HUD display is no longer default active on new installations
 
 29.03.2022
 
 - added ability to change the mouse cursor color on the fly
-- in Distance Plugin made sure that the 'big cursor' (when is used) is black in color (visible in most situations)
+- in Distance Plugin made sure that the 'big cursor' (when is used) is black (visible in most situations)
 - in Distance Plugin, for the 2D graphic mode activated the utility line
 - in Distance Plugin, fixed the `Snap to center` feature to work as intended
 

appPlugins/ToolDistance.py

@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ class Distance(AppTool):
         self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.trigger()
         self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.trigger()
 
-        if self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.isChecked():
-            self.grid_status_memory = True
+        self.grid_status_memory = True if self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.isChecked() else False
 
         # initial view of the layout
         self.initial_view()
@@ -337,8 +336,7 @@ class Distance(AppTool):
         self.app.plotcanvas.cursor_color = self.cursor_color_memory
 
         # restore the grid status
-        if (self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.isChecked() and self.grid_status_memory is False) or \
-                (not self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.isChecked() and self.grid_status_memory is True):
+        if self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.isChecked() !=  self.grid_status_memory:
             self.app.ui.grid_snap_btn.trigger()
 
         if self.tool_done is False:

defaults.py

@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class AppDefaults:
         "global_workspace_orientation": 'p',
         "global_axis": True,
         "global_axis_color": '#B34D4D',
-        "global_hud": True,
+        "global_hud": False,
         "global_grid_lines": True,
         "global_grid_snap": True,