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[Tim Hanson <tim@...>]

Hi Dick,

I also find this annoying. I especially hate how, once a module is 
selected, the module origin snaps to the cursor position, instead of 
holding an offset to keep the module from moving.

Also, the bounding box computation on some of the modules seems 
offset/inaccurate, so that it becomes difficult to select (say) a small 
cap. Have you seen this?

I would prefer with (B) personally - only modules on the present layer 
may be modified. (C) ought to be the default, too.

Tim

Dick H. wrote:
> I have a board with 420 modules on it, and there are some on the
> backside as well. When positioning modules with "move" I often end up
> moving modules that I don't want to move, then if you press escape it
> aborts the move start.
>
> I don't like this. I have been thinking for a week about possible
> remedies:
>
> A) Locking a layer so any modules on it cannot be moved.
>
> B) Any layer which is not visible will be unresponsive to 'M' hotkey
> or move.
>
> C) Using the module's "lock" flag to ignore a 'M' or move command.
>
> For the time being I have modified the pcbnew code to implement C).
> I will use that for a while and see how friendly this is.
>
> Until then, if there is wide immediate consensus that this is an
> enhancement worth keeping, I would check in these changes sooner.
>
> Dick