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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 25/08/2015 11:42, Maciej Sumiński a écrit :
> Hi Jean-Pierre,
> 
> I have just pushed a fix for the problem you describe (revision
> 6132). Please let me know if it works for you.
> 
> Regards, Orson

It works fine!

Thanks.

> 
> On 08/25/2015 10:59 AM, jp charras wrote:
>> Hi, Orson.
>> 
>> I have a usability issue in GAL mode (Windows specific, at least
>> W7 32 bits) when a Pcbnew canvas uses the GAL mode. When mouse
>> cursor enters the canvas area, the frame immediately has the 
>> focus and is brought to the to top level, even it is not the
>> current top level frame. This creates usability issues when more
>> than one Kicad frame is opened.
>> 
>> If, for instance, the board editor is currently open, and if the 
>> footprint editor (or the 3d viewer, or any other Kicad frame) is
>> open and partially overlaps the board editor canvas (usual case
>> when you have only one monitor) and is the top level frame, as
>> soon as the mouse enters the board editor canvas area, the
>> current top level frame is lowered, and the board editor becomes
>> the top level frame.
>> 
>> The more annoying consequence: if (for instance) the 3D viewer
>> (or the footprint viewer) viewer has a small size and is entirely
>> contained in the canvas area, it becomes not visible, sometimes
>> unreachable because each time the mouse cursor enters an exposed
>> area of the board editor GAL canvas, the board editor becomes the
>> top level frame, and the other frame is lowered behind the board 
>> editor frame) .
>> 
>> This issues, obviously, does not happen on Linux.
>> 
> 
> 


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS