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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 3/28/2012 11:57 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> On 03/28/2012 07:08 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>> On 3/27/2012 3:46 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>> On 03/22/2012 12:14 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>>> On 03/21/2012 05:40 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>>> On 3/21/2012 12:41 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>>>>> There is no response to the tab key in the EESCHEMA library pin edit dialog, on Linux,
>>>>>> using very latest.
>>>>> I just check this out with KiCad bzr 3473 and it works on fine Debian
>>>>> Testing with Gnome 3.2 and wxWidgets 2.8.12.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>>> Haven't tried it with 2.8 yet.
>>>>
>>>> But said problem occurs with SVN HEAD wxWidgets, which could be spanking new un-released
>>>> non-sense.
>>>> Or I may have built it incorrectly.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, my faith is restored.
>>>>
>>>> Dick
>>> No, this particular dialog is broken, even using wx 2.8.10
>>>
>>> This the eeschema library pin editing dialog.  No response to the TAB key.
>>>
>>> I want to tab from pin name to pin number, and no go.
>>>
>>> Dick
>> I just confirmed this.  I'm not sure why it worked the last time I
>> tested it.  Maybe I forgot to update my repo.  It appears that the panel
>> that renders the pin is somehow grabbing the tab key.  The behavior in
>> Windows is particularly amusing as the name text control begins adding a
>> square indicating an unprintable character each time the tab key is
>> pressed.  I'll take a look at it as soon as I get some time.
>>
>> Wayne
> 
> Thanks for your time Wayne.  You are an awesome co-worker man!
> 
> There is probably a few clicks in wxformbuilder that might fix this.

That's my guess too.  I think there's way to tell wxFormbuilder to
remove the control from the tab list or at the very least fix it in the
dialog initialization function.

> 
> But who has the time?  HELP!

I'm busy on the Pcbnew s-expression stuff but I'll try to take a quick
look it in the next day or so.  If it's simple fix, I go ahead an get it
done before the first s-expression commit.

Wayne

> 
> Dick
> 
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