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[Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just thinking that another tab showing the list of pins and their
properties would be a good addition to this also. If you can copy and paste
into the grid

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:34 Wayne Stambaugh, <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Jeff,
>
> Looks good to me.  I prefer the in place editing so go ahead and apply
> this where it makes sense.  I don't like the bare bones properties
> either.  If wxGrid provides a simple way to hide them, let the user
> decide which properties to show and/or hide.  There may be use cases
> where the user would want to manually edit coordinates, orientation,
> etc.  I see no reason for the artificial limit.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 3/20/2018 6:35 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
> > Sometimes wxWidgets is your friend.  Turns out we automatically get a
> > context menu if you click on the header which allows you to set which
> > columns are displayed.  I’m still not a huge fan of the bare-bones
> > approach (first 3 columns only), so I’d suggest this as a default:
> >
> >
> > Is everyone happy enough with the idea of in-place field editing through
> > a grid control that I should carry on with the LibEdit and Footprint
> > versions?
> >
> > (Additional specific feedback on any of the dialogs shown also welcomed.)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jeff.
> >
> >
> >> On 18 Mar 2018, at 00:52, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
> >> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I would hide the text properties (with the exception of Show) by
> >> default.
> >>
> >> We do something similar for the Fields Editor:
> >>
> >> <PastedGraphic-6.png>
> >>
> >> … but it definitely adds a lot of visual complexity to the dialog.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jeff.
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 18 Mar 2018, at 00:36, hauptmech <hauptmech@xxxxxxxxx
> >>> <mailto:hauptmech@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 18/03/18 03:58, Thomas Pointhuber wrote:
> >>>> I would hide the text properties (with the exception of Show) by
> >>>> default. I don't think many people would change for example the
> position
> >>>> or orientation using this dialog. Every text attribute also has its
> own
> >>>> menu as well which can be used for editing. Instead use the gained
> space
> >>>> to add a footprint preview as it was developed for the symbol chooser.
> >>>> It's annoying to first click on the footprint row to be able to
> >>>> view/change it.
> >>>
> >>> I agree.
> >>>
> >>>
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