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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Please use "change" rather than "exchange".  Exchange means that there
is some bidirectional event taking place.  This is not the case here.
The existing footprint(s) is merely being replaced.

I would prefer that the text edit control always be editable.  That way
the user can change the reference, value, or footprint identifier.  I'm
fine with pre-populating it based on a context menu selection but I
might change my mind.  Being forced to close the dialog and reopen it
using a different footprint just to get the value or reference I want
would be annoying.

Cheers,

Wayne

On 1/10/2018 11:11 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
> This is primarily to address concerns that a lot of people can’t find
> the mechanism for updating footprints on a board to the current versions
> in the library [1].  But it also attempts to address ease-of-learning
> issues with the current Change Footprint dialog.
> 
> First, the Change Footprint dialog which comes up in the “normal”
> scenario (with a footprint selection):
> 
> 
> Wayne has also proposed adding one when there was no selection which
> would be a cross between this one and the Update Footprints dialog,
> following.
> 
> 
> This is the no-footprints-selected version.  You could also imagine one
> that was a cross with the Change Footprints version for when a footprint
> was selected.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1466857
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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