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[Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

I do not negate the location of the menu entry, which is very
appropriate if we want to keep it. What I am discussing is usefulness of
having a dedicated tool to duplicate a zone to another layer, while it
can be easily done using the Duplicate tool and then changing properties
of the duplicated zone.

Regards,
Orson

On 02/09/2017 06:39 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Why is it an issue having a duplicate zone onto layer menu entry in the
> zone context menu?  Isn't that the point of context menus?  I would
> think duplicating a zone onto another layer is well within the context
> of commands that can be performed on the current zone.  If not in the
> zone context menu, where else would it be reasonable to put this command
> where it makes sense and is discoverable?
> 
> On 2/9/2017 12:05 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote:
>> What are your use cases? It is likely I am missing something, and I do
>> not want to make decisions basing only on my preferences.
>>
>> I agree it is a common thing to have a GND zone on both sides of a
>> board, so they could be created by drawing one zone and then duplicating
>> it to the other side. The thing is, such operation is usually done once
>> per design, but it always shows up in the menu.
>>
>> I think it used be much more useful when there was no Duplication tool.
>> Now two operations (duplicate & edit properties) are replaced with
>> 'duplicate zone onto layer', saving you maybe 2 clicks per design. I
>> wonder if this kind operation deserves its own menu entry.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Orson
>>
>> On 02/09/2017 05:10 PM, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
>>> Just as sidenote, that is the zone feature I use the most :)
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> Marcos
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 8:51 AM, Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I committed the patch just to remove any potential 'this is not
>>>> available in GAL' complaints, but IMHO this particular feature is
>>>> needless and clutters the menu.
>>>>
>>>> The code itself is obviously fine, I am just considering the value of
>>>> having a dedicated menu entry for such operation, but we can discuss it
>>>> later.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Orson
>>>>
>>>> On 02/06/2017 05:08 PM, John Beard wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> This patch adds a missing tool to GAL: duplicate zone onto layer.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's accessed through the zones context menu and does the same as the
>>>>> legacy mode version.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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