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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There's plenty.  If you need to move some stuff away to make some
changes, and then want to move them back without redoing all your
wires.  For example, if you have two sets of things hooked together,
on the same bus, and you realize you need to put a level shifter
between them, you can move one set of labels off, add a shifter, add
some small wires and move your labels back.  Just did that about 20
minutes ago.

By dragging out you would have affected the wires hooked to the
labels.  I definitely use both all the time as well.

Adam Wolf
Wayne and Layne, LLC


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Chris Morgan <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dick.
>
> For eeschema, in particular, what is the usage case for moving a component
> without the attached wires/busses?
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On Thursday, June 13, 2013, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Jun 13, 2013 5:27 AM, "Chris Morgan" <chmorgan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi.
>> >
>> > Just got bit by the move vs. drag issue in eeschema where I was moving
>> > parts and couldn't figure out why wires weren't sticking.
>> >
>> > What I couldn't find is the user experience justification for having a
>> > separate move vs. drag feature. There are a ton of posts on the Internet
>> > about the same confusion so I figured we could have a discussion about the
>> > "why" that might lead to improving the user experience.
>> >
>> > Chris
>>
>> I use both.  Would miss either. New users should do the learning, not
>> experienced kicad users.
>>
>> Software takes time to get used to.
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