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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you think this is important, it is better to report a bug on the bug
tracker to make sure this is not lost in the noise.

2018-02-28 7:38 GMT+01:00 Russell Oliver <roliver8143@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hmm what about displaying that info in the dialog title?
>
> Also might be useful to show if the footprint can be found on disk (as
> opposed from cache) and if so the path to its file.
>
>
> On 28 Feb 2018 17:33, "Andy Peters" <devel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Nowhere in the pcbnew footprint properties dialog does it say the name
> (and source library) of the footprint whose properties are being displayed!
> This is a weird oversight.
>
> This little bit of info is useful! For example, my DRC check complained
> about “footprint C7 has malformed courtyard.” OK, I look at the footprint’s
> properties to see what it’s called (because who can remember) and it’s not
> in that dialog.
>
> To be fair, when a footprint is selected, its relevant details are shown
> in the status bar on the bottom of the screen, and that includes the
> footprint name. But still …
>
> This is with a current nightly build.
>
> -a
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