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[Jon Neal <reportingsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I just want to make sure everyone is ok with this change:

Currently when you want to use the "Global spread and place" tool for
spreading out footprints you have to click the "mode footprint" button.
This hides this functionality from most people. So much so that I have a
bookmark to a picture of the button for when people ask how to use the
function.

Would anyone be opposed if the "global spread and place" tool is just
normally shown in the context menu without requiring that button? And if
the button doesn't have any other function can it just be removed?

Here is a bug with a few people asking for this change:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1495294

Jon