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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

That is the plan.

On 3/21/2018 7:48 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
> 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
>> <mailto: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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