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[Michael Kavanagh <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Wayne,

I believe the items you're referring to are under submenus. Please see
attached screenshots.

If this is not good I can have a rethink.

Cheers,
Michael

On 19 February 2018 at 01:56, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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