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Re: UI: footprint properties: making ref/val fields editable

 

That would be nice to have. Unfortunately I've been really busy with Actual
Paid Work™ lately and my KiCad todo list is already pretty long, so if you want
it done that way, I think someone else might have to do it. :(

On Wed, Jul 06, 2016 at 09:50:04AM -0400, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 7/6/2016 9:36 AM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Would anyone be opposed to me making the reference and value fields in
> > "footprint properties" directly editable, so you don't have to click Edit and
> > call up a second dialog if you don't need to modify font properties? Seems like
> > an obvious improvement, but I don't know why they're not editable in the first
> > place so I want to make sure there's nothing I'm missing to get in the way.
> > 
> 
> I would prefer that we design a generic field list editing control based
> on wxGrid (or some other control if it's a better choice) that could be
> used anywhere where we edit fields.  I would prefer one field per row
> with all of the configurable field parameters in the columns.  Obviously
> you would have to handle making the names of the mandatory fields read
> only but this would be a really useful control that could be used in the
> schematic component edit dialog, the symbol editor field edit dialog,
> and possibly a few other places.  It's annoying to edit fields one at a
> time.
> 
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