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Re: [PATCH] Allow items to be moved from all anchor points

To: Tomasz Wlostowski <tomasz.wlostowski@xxxxxxx>, "kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 09:30:25 -0600
In-reply-to: <CAJyPtyiCDABNQY+yVx9bis0XAk9uk3qmvpR+pWoEMbO7uieYuA@mail.gmail.com>

Friendly bump, this bug is very annoying, related bug report
https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1722512 this patch fixes it.

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:29 AM, José Ignacio <jose.cyborg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> A change in commit 57310001350 caused kicad to stop allowing users
> to move items like footprints, arcs and lines using anchors other
> than the center point.
>
> This was caused by the new code that stores reference points for
> clipboard pasting, a call to updateModificationPoint() prevented
> some old code paths from executing, which caused the selection to
> snap into the cursor, always using the center anchor.
>
> This fix moves the call within the if-cases that need it, and adds
> a ClearReferencePoint call when the selection is "dropped" to allow
> the user to grab the same selection again from a different anchor.
>
>

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[PATCH] Allow items to be moved from all anchor points
From: José Ignacio, 2017-11-20