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[Константин Барановский <baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think will be perfect to add filtering panel with buttons, like it done
in ARES from Proteus VSM. I mean, panel that contains bi-state buttons (or
checkboxes) for pcb's items like footprints, tracks, vias, pads, zones,
etc. And on selecting something on pcb not selected items (on that panel)
will be ignored.

Regards,
Konstantin.

2015-11-18 21:58 GMT+02:00 Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>:

> We've been having a bit of a discussion in #kicad - there's a particular
> annoyance in GAL related to rev 6324 / bug 1517216 (the footprint delete
> confirmation). If you're zoomed in "inside" a large footprint - to work on
> traces running under it, for instance - it's really easy to accidentally
> select that footprint. Then you operate on it, perhaps deleting it, often
> without realizing it's gone until much later when you zoom out. A couple of
> us have run into this and find it really annoying.
>
> What about:
>
> 1. Make it more obvious the footprint is selected. Perhaps highlight the
> entire bounding box instead of just the pads/graphics in it?
>
> 2. Maybe refuse to select something when you're zoomed into it too far? If
> a footprint exceeds my entire screen, I proooobably don't want to select
> it...
>
> --
> Chris
>
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