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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 16/07/2018 à 19:57, Jeff Young a écrit :
> 
> 
>> On 16 Jul 2018, at 17:56, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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 <mailto: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 /tool/bar, but your first message mentioned /menu/bar, so I’m not sure
> which is a typo.

Not really a typo, but "Board Setup..." is a menuitem, so I talked about the main menubar
(wxMenuBar) because a wxMenuItem lives is a wxMenuBar.
I am also fine with a tool in the main horizontal toolbar (wxToolBar), as long as the acces is very
easy and obvious.

> 
> 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….

Yes it works.
I don't understand why I was in the impression it was not working.
Sorry.


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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS