From de70025316b156fe479e2ad25f4effba2514763c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthias Koefferlein <matthias@klayout.de>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:29:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Finish rulers by pressing the Enter key

---
 src/ant/ant/antService.cc | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 src/ant/ant/antService.h  |  1 +
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ant/ant/antService.cc b/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
index cb3e685cb..90f070655 100644
--- a/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
+++ b/src/ant/ant/antService.cc
@@ -1878,9 +1878,23 @@ Service::mouse_double_click_event (const db::DPoint & /*p*/, unsigned int button
     finish_drawing ();
     return true;
 
+  } else {
+    return false;
   }
+}
 
-  return false;
+bool
+Service::key_event (unsigned int key, unsigned int buttons)
+{
+  if (m_drawing && buttons == 0 && (key == lay::KeyEnter || key == lay::KeyReturn)) {
+
+    //  ends the current ruler (specifically in multi-segment mode)
+    finish_drawing ();
+    return true;
+
+  } else {
+    return false;
+  }
 }
 
 lay::TwoPointSnapToObjectResult
diff --git a/src/ant/ant/antService.h b/src/ant/ant/antService.h
index 6213dc642..2bd5c574d 100644
--- a/src/ant/ant/antService.h
+++ b/src/ant/ant/antService.h
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ private:
   virtual bool mouse_press_event (const db::DPoint &p, unsigned int buttons, bool prio);
   virtual bool mouse_click_event (const db::DPoint &p, unsigned int buttons, bool prio);
   virtual bool mouse_double_click_event (const db::DPoint &p, unsigned int buttons, bool prio);
+  virtual bool key_event (unsigned int key, unsigned int buttons);
   virtual void deactivated ();
 
   void snap_rulers (lay::angle_constraint_type ac);