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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jon,

Which version of wxWidgets do you use? Are there any steps that could 
increase the probability of the issue reproduction?

Regards,
Orson

On 07/22/2014 06:56 AM, Jon Neal wrote:
> I have been getting some sort of drawing issue sporadically when I open the
> module editor (from pcbnew). I managed to catch a screenshot of what it is
> doing here (on the right side): http://i.imgur.com/IU9AYHd.png
>
> It seems that it is trying to draw the canvas offset from where it really
> should be. If I mouse over the tool bar on top it will clear the strip
> where the drop downs are as long as I hover over that area. This has been
> happening since the module editor was merged in and that screen shot was
> taken from bzr-5017.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 3:28 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Le 20/07/2014 21:56, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> > > On 07/15/2014 04:53 PM, jp charras wrote:
> > > > Le 14/07/2014 16:51, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> > > > > Dear Developers,
> > > > >
> > > > > After a period of testing, the module-editor branch [1] has just been
> > > > > merged to the product branch. Besides the conversion of the module
> > > > > editor to GAL
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > There is a redraw/refresh issue on Windows only (using wxWidgets 3.0.1).
> > > >
> > > > After switching to GAL (one can use only the F11 key to do that) there
> > > > is no more GAL screen redraw/refresh, after clicking on a menu or a
> > > > dialog, for instance after clicking on the layer manager, or the PnS
> > > > dialog setup.
> > > > This is also true after clicking on the pcbframe main menu or any popup
> > > > menu.
> > > > This is the reason one cannot switch to GAL from the main menu.
> > > >
> > > > Note also when switching to gal, the first time you switch to gal using
> > > > the F11 key, there is no GAL screen redraw/refresh.
> > > > You have to press the F9 and then the F11 key, in order to have a
> > > > working GAL screen (until you click on a popup menu).
> > > >
> > > > When the GAL screen is no more redrawn, just press F9 an then F11 to
> > > > reactivate the refresh.
> > >
> > > Hi Jean-Pierre,
> > >
> > > It turned out that I did not have exactly the same symptoms, but very
> > > similar. I have fixed the problem for my system in revision 5012, could
> > > you verify it?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Orson
> >
> > Thanks.
> > The refresh issue is gone now. Good work.
> >
> > I noticed a (minor) focus issue on Windows only, when both the pcb
> > editor and the footprint editor are open and their canvas are visible on
> > screen.
> >
> > When the pcb editor is the active frame, if the mouse cursor is moved
> > out the frame and enters the module editor canvas, the module editor is
> > brought to the foreground and become the active window (without any
> > mouse click) It does not happen on Linux.
> >
> > An other issue in module editor in openGL mode:
> > When a new footprint is loaded, it is put to the last mouse cursor
> > position.
> > It should be loaded at position 0, 0.
> >
> > Otherwise, strange thinks can happen (bad position of new added items,
> > old items not on the initial grid, erroneous coordinates shown in
> > dialogs when editing an item...) and can break the footprint in edit.
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> >
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