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[Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On 16 Jul 2018, at 17:56, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Le 16/07/2018 à 18:25, Jeff Young a écrit :
>> Hi JP,
>> 
>> Thanks for the feedback.
>> 
>>> On 16 Jul 2018, at 16:05, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jeff,
>>> 
>>> I just played with a few of your 5.1 changes.
>>> 
>>> Many are good, but the new netclass management is not as efficient as the current dialog:
>>> 
>>> - Modifying the netclass of a lot of nets is very tedious: the change must be done for each net
>>> (this is the major issue).
>> 
>> I’d like to see if there’s some other way to handle lots of nets.  The double-list method was 
>> very hard to figure out how to use (although admittedly very efficient once you did).
>> 
>>> - we cannot see easily the list of nets, as the netclass filter was removed.
>> 
>> Interesting.  I had never used it for that, but I can see how it would be helpful.
>> 
>>> However the net filter is a good idea.
>>> 
>>> I am also thinking the "Board Setup" menu should be in the main menu bar, not in the file menu (this
>>> is a very important setting, not related to a file management)
>> 
>> My thinking was it was sort of like Page Setup.  I’m not terribly attached to the File menu, but 
>> I'd rather avoid a stumpy menu with just a single item.  Preferences doesn’t fit well either.  Edit 
>> or Tools perhaps?
> 
> The main toolbar is for me the best choice.

I can definitely agree with main toolbar, but your first message mentioned menubar, so I’m not sure
which is a typo.

In any case, the first item in a menu is actually the hardest to pick (with the second being the easiest,
then the third, fourth, etc.).

> Moreover if (or when) netclasses will take in account the layers and the netclass management is more
> powerful, I am guessing this setup will be frequently modified, so it deserves a easy and fast access.
> 
> An other enhancement in this kind of dialog could be to reopen the paged dialog to the last opened
> page during a session.

Is this not working?  There’s code in there to do that….

> 
>> 
>> (I changed the subject line so this wouldn’t get drowned in the other 5.1 stuff.)
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your work.
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> 
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