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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 31/08/2015 21:25, David J S Briscoe a écrit :
> I've just been playing with V6132 of PCBNEW. I have a number of small
> observations.
> 
> 1/  In the layer manager toolbar the Top and Bottom layer are named
> Composant and Cuivre. Why is this even though I am using English as my
> language?
> 2/ The same words are used for the top and bottom layer in the Track and
> Via properties dialog.

Copper layers names are user defined.
These names were given by the designer, and can be modified.

> 
> Track highlighting in OpenGL mode.
> 
> 1/ When I click on the track highlighting icon the cursor changes to a
> large cross. I can then highlight a track. However if I then try to
> un-highlight the same track I have to
> move the cursor back to the highlight button and unclick it. When I do
> this the board pans uncontrollably off the screen whilst I'm moving the
> cursor towards the highlight button.
> I still can not un-highlight the track. How is a track un-highlighted.
> Surely it would be more intuitive to click on the track once to
> highlight and then again to un-highlight it? How can the panning be
> turned off or controlled?

This is the net highlight, not the track highlight.
To un-highlight any highlighted item, click on any other (free) location.
It is intuitive.

> 
> Why is the Freeroute Icon still available even though the website does
> not work any more? I did click on it but it just provides an opportunity
> to export a .ses file. Maybe the tooltip should be changed to reflect this?
> 
> I'll send in a few more observations next week as I start to use the
> latest version more. Thanks.
> 
> David.
> 
> 
> 
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