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[Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx>]

JP,

Ah, ok. I have not known of this behavior before - now that you say this I
can see the button you mean.

Thanks,

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 6:31 PM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Le 09/03/2017 à 00:52, Oliver Walters a écrit :
> > Can anyone provide some insight into why the pins are being edited in
> this fashion? Why not just
> > edit the pin directly as its pointer is passed to the various edit /
> delete functions?
> >
>
> When a symbol has many units, and units are interchangeable, pins are
> coupled for edition
> (because "units are interchangeable" *imply* there are at the same
> location)
>
> Therefore (but it can be disabled by a tool of the main horizontal
> toolbar) add, move and delete are
> coupled, to avoid breaking a symbol and make edition more easy.
> However, the shape and texts can be (and often must be) set for each pin.
>
> For "units are not interchangeable", pins are not coupled.
>
> This behavior exists since the beginning of Kicad, and is it really
> strange?
>
>
> --
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
>
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