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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Any reason why we cannot support both?

On 2/9/2017 1:09 PM, Maciej Suminski wrote:
> 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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