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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I like this change!  I've never liked the fact that objects on invisible
layers get selected.  Has anyone else had a chance to test this?  If
there are no objections, I recommend that this patch get merged for rc2.

On 2/26/2018 10:11 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> This patch changes the selection logic for footprints to fix a reported
> issue[1] and to make the behavior more logical to me.
> 
> I know that correct selection behavior is something of a personal
> preference, so I'm ready to be flamed :-)
> 
> The new behavior:
> 
> A footprint may be selected if:
> 1) The corresponding "Footprints" switch is on in the Items tab, AND
> 2) One or more of the layers that the footprint draws on is visible
> 
> This means that if all of the layers are turned off, footprints are not
> selectable (fixes the bug), but it also means that now footprints can be
> selected if any draw layers are visible (for example, if you have only
> F.Mask enabled, you can select a footprint that has solder mask and is
> on the front layer).
> 
> Before anyone complains, this is only if high-contrast mode is turned
> OFF.  When it is on, you can still only select items that *only* exist
> on that layer (to make moving silkscreen around easier, for example)
> 
> Even though this adds some more for-loops to selection filtering, I have
> not noticed any performance hits on some selection of large boards that
> I tested.  More testing is welcome.
> 
> [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1751960
> 
> -Jon
> 
> 
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