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

That's a good idea. I'll see if that can be added to the symbol properties
dialog box.

On 23 May 2017 20:06, "Fabrizio Tappero" <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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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>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future
>>>>>>> Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss
>>>>>>> the future [JFK]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future
>>>>>> Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss
>>>>>> the future [JFK]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Live Long and Prosper,
>>>>>> Andrey
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Remember The Past, Live The Present, Change The Future
>> Those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the
>> future [JFK]
>>
>> kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx
>> Live Long and Prosper,
>> Andrey
>>
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