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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Good point.  I think that *is* the plan as far as I understand it.

> On 21 Mar 2018, at 23:43, Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I actually thing that's a reasonable thing to think about supporting. 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018, 19:38 Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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 <mailto: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>
>> >> <mailto: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>
>> >>> <mailto: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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