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Oversight in pcbnew footprint properties dialog

 

Nowhere in the pcbnew footprint properties dialog does it say the name (and source library) of the footprint whose properties are being displayed! This is a weird oversight. 

This little bit of info is useful! For example, my DRC check complained about “footprint C7 has malformed courtyard.” OK, I look at the footprint’s properties to see what it’s called (because who can remember) and it’s not in that dialog.

To be fair, when a footprint is selected, its relevant details are shown in the status bar on the bottom of the screen, and that includes the footprint name. But still …

This is with a current nightly build.

-a

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