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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2016-07-14 21:10 GMT+02:00 jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Le 14/07/2016 à 20:49, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit :
>> On 7/14/2016 12:53 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> What was the incentive for this change?
>>
>> Usability.  We have repeatedly been beat over the head about our library
>> object selection UI design.  The goal is to design a filtered library
>> tree view that can be used in CvPcb, footprint editor, component editor,
>> footprint selection dialog, and component selection dialog.  This would
>> present a consistent library object selection paradigm to the user
>> rather than the multitude of designs we currently have.  It uses Henner
>> and Chris's filtering code along with a base tree control that could
>> include other filtering options.  Ideally it would be extended to
>> include drag and drop for library management.  We are currently
>> exploring proof of concept right now but we are by no means bound to a
>> tree control although it seems like the best fit given the library data
>> model.
>>
>>> Why is there listed a number in front of the parts in the tree?
>>> Would it be possible to make the panes not fixed width?
>>
>> I don't know why I didn't think of it before but a preview pane below
>> the tree control would be useful.  Opening up yet another window to view
>> the footprint is annoying.
>>
>
> Why do not use the left side area freed by the library list to show both the footprint preview panel
> and the 3D view panel?
>
> Altium does that, and this is not so bad.
>
> No need to have a large area to display the shapes.
>
It might be advantageous to also display some of the properties of the
footprint, like is done for the schematic symbols in Henner's dialog
for eeschema. This becomes three things to display if possible;
footprint view, 3d view, properties.