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[Kristoffer <kristofferodmark90@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, unneccesary option dialogs should not exist.

On the text and drawings part though, I would argue that one could have
both there. Footprint silkscreen setting separated from PCB silkscreen
settings, but it might become overkill settingswise :)

- Kristoffer

On Thu, 2018-05-31 at 13:35 +0100, Jeff Young wrote:
> We currently expose this in both Kicad and Modedit, but it’s not
> really what it says it is as newly created pads use the last set
> properties, not the default properties.
> 
> It is used by Copy / Apply Pad Settings, but that’s a bit odd too as
> one would expect those to go through the clipboard.
> 
> When editing boards I’ve used Push Pad Settings a lot, and Copy /
> Apply Pad Settings some.  But I’ve never done a Copy, then edited the
> copy through the Default Pad Properties dialog, and then done an
> Apply.  And I don’t think anyone else would ever think to do that
> either.
> 
> So I don’t think it actually serves a purpose.
> 
> Background:
> I’m looking at implementing a tree-controlled Board Setup (similar to
> the new preferences) which would replace Layers Setup, Design Rules,
> Text and Drawings, and if required, Default Pad Properties.
> 
> This change would also likely include moving Text and Drawings from a
> type-specific model (footprint item vs PCB item) to a layer-specific
> model (silk vs fab vs copper vs other).
> 
> Comments welcome on that too….
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