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Re: [PATCH] Add bidirectional net highlight cross-probing

 

Do I get a pass if I did this because I was browsing the bug list looking
for more things to fix? ;-)

Wayne, I'll work on the recentering in PcbNew, it shouldn't be too much to
add.

On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 7:45 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I like it too, I just worry that by accepting even small features during
> freeze we're encouraging people to do things that aren't bugfixes and
> release cleanup...
>
> On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 12:35:58AM +0000, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> > Jon,
> >
> > I just tested this and I like it!  It doesn't seem like a high risk
> > feature so if now one objects I'm going to merge it.  If you have time,
> > I do have one minor request.  When highlighting a net in the board
> > editor, if the net in the schematic editor is scrolled of the display,
> > the schematic editor centers the net so you can see it.  The same thing
> > does not happen when a net is highlighted in the schematic editor and
> > the net on the board is scrolled off the display.  Would you please fix
> > this so the net in the board editor is centered on the display when the
> > net in the schematic editor is selected.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > On 01/06/2018 03:52 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> > > I implemented this in response to a bug report:
> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1738875
> > >
> > > But it is kind of on a blurred line between bug fix and new feature.
> > > I'll leave it up to Wayne et. al. to decide on if to merge this for V5.
> > >
> > > Basically, beforehand, cross-probing highlighted nets only if you
> > > clicked on a component pad.
> > > Now there is a separate cross-probing message for a net name, so that
> if
> > > the highlight tool is selected in both eeschema and pcbnew, selecting
> > > any part of a net will cross-probe.
> > >
> > > -Jon
> > >
> > >
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