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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

It looks promising but the dialog box may need some layout changes.  I'm
not sure what, but it looks a bit odd and may be problematic on smaller
displays.  I certainly will entertain the idea during the next
development cycle.  At this point, I'm going to put the brakes on any
new features so we can stay focused on the stable released.

On 7/16/2015 9:46 AM, Tomasz Wlostowski wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been experimenting to make an easier way of assigning footprints,
> directly on schematics. The idea is to:
> - put the list of available footprints (for each component) in the
> Footprint Filter tab of the library editor component properties dialog.
> This is always saved to the .lib file.
> - parse the list of footprints in the component chooser dialog, looking
> for complete FPIDs (not wildcards).
> - show a list of available footprints and a preview (with some KIWAY
> hackery...) and let the user choose the when choosing the component.
> Screenshot in the attachment.
> 
> The advantage of the above is that no file format changes are needed, it
> won't collide much with any future redesign of the schematic editor and
> it eliminates the separate footprint assignment step from the workflow,
> for those who don't like it.
> 
> I could post patches if someone wants to try them (the code is still
> incomplete and buggy, though).
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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