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[Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, programs like Altium and Allegro allow you to swap the order of
layers, to change visibility of transparent layers.
For example, make back layer have higher priority, and front layer lower
priority, with the back layer setting to 50% transparency, etc.

But I guess this layer manager is going to be in v6?

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 11:19 AM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, in the KiCad codebase, they are called Front and Back, and my
> question is independent of whether or not they should be called Top and
> Bottom :-)
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 2:16 PM, Diego Herranz <
> diegoherranz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Regarding Front vs Top, I see it called Top everywhere else, but back to
>> the original question: +1 for Top/Front first.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Diego
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 5:52 AM, Andrey Kuznetsov <kandrey89@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Why is it Front and Back, as opposed to Top and Bottom?
>>> Front/Top should be first.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 8:50 PM, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Right now, we have conflicting "desired order" for technical layers in
>>>> various places.
>>>>
>>>> The layer widget displays "front first", i.e. F.Paste before B.Paste,
>>>> F.Fab before B.Fab, etc.
>>>>
>>>> Everywhere else in the codebase is "back first".
>>>> This leads to this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1673792
>>>> because the properties dialog is using LSET::UIOrder() which uses the
>>>> "preferred" back first ordering.
>>>>
>>>> Which way should we actually have it?  "front first" makes sense to me,
>>>> and that is the precedent set in the most user-visible part (the layer
>>>> manager) but then why in LSET::Technicals() is there a comment saying the
>>>> desired order is "back first"?
>>>>
>>>> -Jon
>>>>
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