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[Wayne Stambaugh <wstambaugh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone know what the purpose of the net class and clearance text boxes in
the auxiliary tool bar in PCBNew are used for?  They are read only so you
cannot use them change the current net class name or clearance for the the net
class.  The net class name for the selected track is already displayed in the
message panel at the bottom of the screen.  It would be easy enough to add the
rest of the net class information in the message panel.  The reason I am asking
is that I'm trying to fix the behavior I broke when I changed over to using
wxUpdateUIEvent and these two controls don't seem to serve any purpose other
than displaying the current net class for the selected track.  If no one can
give me a good reason to keep these text edit controls, I'm going to remove
them and add the remaining net class information to message panel when a trace
or via is selected.

Wayne