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Le 05/08/2013 23:19, Dick Hollenbeck a écrit :
> On 08/05/2013 04:01 PM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> > Jean-Pierre,
> >
> > Rev 4271 probably reverses out a change you made to my original selection clarification work.
> >
> > I found I could not move a module text reference with M hotkey if it was tucked under a
> > neighboring module.
> >
> > My change reverts to how it was originally written, however, it causes more popup menus
> > especially if you click on an ambiguous position which as both module text and same
> > module.   I don't think the answer to this second problem is a patch reversal, because
> > we'd be going in circles then.
> >
> > What we probably need is a text positioning tool.  So that text is only in play when when
> > you have that tool in play.
>
> No, I revoke that suggestion.   The answer is simply to turn off front or back text
> visibility, then the module text will not be selected and the selection clarification menu
> frequency goes down drastically.
>
> So I now stand bolder in defense of this commit, which again, fixes the ability to move
> module text positioned under a different module.
>
> Dick

No problem.
I recently have some trouble with the text move function.
The selection is better with your fix.

Turn off front or back text has a drawback: you cannot identify the 
component.
This is mainly the case when you have a lot of SMT components in a small 
area, all having the same shape.
In this case, activate the mode module is better (the module texts are 
not considered in this mode).
If you want only to move texts (and not modules) just make a silkscreen 
layer the active layer.
Currently, if there is more than one text and its corresponding 
footprint (for instance a track), the clarification menu is shown.
However, a more restrictive filtering could be done, and something like 
a "text positioning tool" could be just make by using a restrictive 
filtering ( for instance do not include tracks in search) when a 
silkscreen layer is the active layer.




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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS