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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Michael,

I'm not sure "Library" or "Footprint" conveys much meaning to the user.
"Select" or "Open" should proceed them similar to other file actions
like "Save" and "Load".

Cheers,

Wayne

On 02/18/2018 06:18 PM, Michael Kavanagh wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Attached is a patch to bring the Footprint Editor menu bar items in
> alignment with the Pcbnew one.
> 
> I have also tried to clarify the "select active library", "open
> footprint" and various save/export options to make the menu items say
> what they actually do, for example:
> 
>   * I've changed the "Save Active Library As..." item to "Export
>     Library"  because it didn't change the active library to the newly
>     saved one, which is standard "Save As" behaviour.
>   * "Load Footprint from Active Library" is now just "Open Footprint"
>     since you can load any footprint from any library in the table.
> 
> Other than that I have just moved items around and used standard hotkeys.
> 
> Regards,
> Michael
> 
> 
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