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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, don't do that. And yes, it's really complicated because nets
can span sheets. Just highlighting it in the existing viewport is
perfectly fine and what I'd expect.

On Sun, Jan 07, 2018 at 02:50:27PM +0000, Jon Evans wrote:
> 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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