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[Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>]

hum... if the symbol (from the library) has a symbol field I am guessing
the same field should appear in the schematic E key menu so that people can
edit it. Seen in this way Oliver's implementation is actually very good.

cheers
Fabrizio


On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Fabrizio,
> Description comes from symbol description I believe, it should be in the
> table, even though people aren't likely to use it.
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> Oliver,
> 4. I thought you added the ability to rearrange the column order, I can't
> drag and drop the columns around.
> 5. The divider between table and fields on the left needs to be saved to
> register so that it's size is remembered.
> 6. Add an option to right click on the column heading like Value, etc, and
> allow to change the align property of the fields, and remember them in
> registry by column name.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Fabrizio Tappero <
> fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> cheers Oliver,
>> I do not know what a .dcm file is.
>>
>> I am not sure it is a good idea to have a in-built field called
>> Description in the table viewer. But I can easily see how that is useful. I
>> guess you would like to use this table to add info. This makes it non a
>> table viewer. The current icon label says "Component table view" which I
>> find ambiguous. Maybe Wayne can jump in with a proper name for it.
>>
>> I am having the feeling the development of this table did not come from a
>> clean plan of having an XYZ tool. Or maybe is just me. Please dont get me
>> wrong, I love this table (and the soon to come new icon) but it might be a
>> good idea to drop the word viewer for it if we want the (great) ability to
>> edit stuff.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> Fabrizio
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Oliver Walters <
>> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Fabrizio,
>>>
>>> 1. You have added a custom field called "Description".
>>> 2. The table viewer has an "inbuild" field called "Description". It
>>> populates this field with the component description which is found in the
>>> .dcm files
>>>
>>> Here's what I see.
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>> Here I have added the custom "description" field with dummy data to only
>>> one component.
>>>
>>> The first "Description" column is filled with the symbol descriptions
>>> from the .dcm files in the library.
>>>
>>> If you are missing the .dcm files then your first column will be empty.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 5:57 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <
>>> fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Oliver,
>>>> not sure I understand the question. This is what my schematic
>>>> components fields look like:
>>>>
>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> cheers
>>>> Fabrizio
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 9:53 AM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Previous bug even works without modifying a field, all I have to do is
>>>>> enter a field edit mode and click somewhere else, and that field's value
>>>>> will be copied to where ever I clicked, this will cause a lot of grief when
>>>>> users decide to cancel editing and click elsewhere to discard changes, or
>>>>> so they think that's what should have happened.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> A few more things:
>>>>> 1. When I click Apply changes, the RED markings/modified fields should
>>>>> disappear when the changes have been successfully applied
>>>>> 2. Undo/Redo should work inside Component Table to undo each user
>>>>> action, instead of having the user to discard all changes and start over
>>>>> 3. There's something weird going on when you try to edit a field, it
>>>>> seems that have to click 4 times to enter edit mode, 2 times is what I
>>>>> expect. Also perhaps some weird delay that prevents me from entering edit
>>>>> mode.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:39 AM, Andrey Kuznetsov <
>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oliver, found another unexpected behaviour.
>>>>>> When I select a field to edit, for example to replace a "Part Number"
>>>>>> field from AAA to BBB, when I type in BBB but instead of hitting enter, I
>>>>>> click on the next field below it which belongs to another part, then BBB
>>>>>> modifies that part's field instead of where the editing took place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:28 AM, Oliver Walters <
>>>>>> oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The "Description" field should be showing the description of each
>>>>>>> symbol as it appears in the .dcm file. It was working for me - do your
>>>>>>> symbols not have those descriptions?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Fabrizio Tappero <
>>>>>>> fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Guys,
>>>>>>>> great ! you guys almost fixed it. It looks like the column
>>>>>>>> "Description" appears twice and one of the two is completely empty.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> cheers
>>>>>>>> Fabrizio
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 10:18 PM, Wayne Stambaugh <
>>>>>>>> stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Oliver,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I committed your patch.  Thank you.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wayne
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 5/22/2017 10:08 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Bug noted here - https://lists.launchpad.net/ki
>>>>>>>>> cad-developers/msg29485.html
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Patch attached to this email fixes glitch when user adds custom
>>>>>>>>> field
>>>>>>>>> > with same name as a default field.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Users can now do this to their heart's content.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> >
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>>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future
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>>>>> future [JFK]
>>>>>
>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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> Andrey
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