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["Simon Huwyler" <simon.huwyler@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I was experimenting a little bit. Please see the attached picture. I 
searched for all components valued with "470" and afterwards "supp40". As 
the marks are not (yet) removed before a new search, you can see both 
results.

The highlighting alone is only visible in high contrast mode. Maybe I did 
something wrong. But nevertheless, I like the circles. They are very well 
visible also for small components and show well, where the component is (in 
the center of the circle. I just decided to set the radius to the arithmetic 
mean of the x- and y size of the bounding box. Of course, the shape as well 
as the size can still be optimized.

BTW: due to these circles, I named the checkbox "mark all matches" instead 
of "highlight all matches".

What do you think?

And then: How do we get rid of the marks again? A button named "unmark all"? 
Where? On the search dialog? I have no clue at the moment...

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
From: Simon Huwyler
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 6:44 PM
To: Lorenzo Marcantonio ; Kicad Developers
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Highlithing components with a certain value

I don't know. That's why I wanted to experimen. I don't know if you cann see
a 0603 footprint on a 100mmx100mm board, if it's highlighted. Maybe yes,
then it's fine. But I just looked at a highlighted net. It's perfect for
showing a net, but I think, if it was only a tiny 0603 footprint, I would
hardly see it.

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- 
From: Lorenzo Marcantonio
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2013 6:40 PM
To: Kicad Developers
Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] Highlithing components with a certain value

On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 at 06:30:47PM +0200, Simon Huwyler wrote:
> board. Maybe something completely differen would be better? A circle
> around the component? ... what do you think?

We already have highlighting code *and* the extended palette to support
it. Why invent something else?

--
Lorenzo Marcantonio
Logos Srl

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