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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Now we are really straying into new-feature land...  as far as I can tell,
there is no code in eeschema for "locate and zoom to fit a net".
I could pick some random object on the net and locate that without much
code, but is that the behavior we want? (especially for nets that exist on
multiple sheets)

-Jon

On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> I just tested this woth both patches applied. It seems that selecting nets
> in eeschema the zoom to view works good in pcbnew, but the other way around
> not so well. It does not always zoom to the net in eeschema when selecing
> nets in pcbnew.
>
> 2018-01-07 3:30 GMT+01:00 Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi Wayne,
>>
>> Give this patch a try on top of my first one and see if it does what you
>> want.
>>
>> -Jon
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 8:58 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 01:48:34AM +0000, Jon Evans wrote:
>>> > Do I get a pass if I did this because I was browsing the bug list
>>> looking
>>> > for more things to fix? ;-)
>>>
>>> I suppose so, I disagree with it having been classified as a bug but
>>> that's not your fault ;)
>>>
>>> >
>>> > 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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