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[Maciej Suminski <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Nope, we can have both. The only thing I am arguing against is having
redundant tools and cluttering the menus, but if you say it should stay,
then I am fine with that.

On 02/09/2017 07:15 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> 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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