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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I actually thing that's a reasonable thing to think about supporting.

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 19:38 Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Yes, I guess so, unless there is a plan with the new schematic format to
> allow "unique/independent" symbols that include modifications from the
> library symbol, that are only stored in the schematic.
>
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:18 Jeff Young, <jeff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> In the Mod-Edit version only, right?  I don’t think we allow editing of
>> pins at all in the schematic, do we?
>>
>> On 21 Mar 2018, at 21:48, Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> 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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