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Re: 5.1 UI feedback

 

No need.  I’ve just about got it implemented so a reminder would be surplus to requirements. ;)

> On 20 Jul 2018, at 12:32, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I don't remember seeing a bug report for that just Diego's post to the
> mailing list.  If you want me to, I will create a bug report.
> 
> On 07/19/2018 03:53 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> I thought there was already a bug for this (reported by Gabriel
>> perhaps?), but I can’t seem to find it.
>> 
>>> On 19 Jul 2018, at 20:40, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I second this motion.  I didn't find the right click trick so I fell
>>> back to cvpcb which is overkill to change the footprint of a single
>>> symbol.  A tooltip might be useful here as well.
>>> 
>>> On 7/19/2018 3:19 PM, Diego Herranz wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I've started to test these changes and, on the Symbol properties dialog,
>>>> I found it hard to assign a footprint.
>>>> Before, there used to be a button to open the Footprint selector window.
>>>> Now you seem to need right click on the footprint field and "select
>>>> footprint" and that only works if you're not editing the text of that
>>>> field. It took me a while to find out.
>>>> I don't find it straightforward.
>>>> 
>>>> Maybe a double-click on that field should open the Footprint selector?
>>>> Maybe a button like attached? (Mind my poor mock-up)
>>>> Any other suggestions?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for all the work on this.
>>>> 
>>>> Diego
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 6:00 PM Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>    Changes in.  Could Kevin or Wayne please post the following dialogs
>>>>    one more time:
>>>> 
>>>>    1) Change Footprints
>>>>    2) CvPCB (with footprint selected from right column)
>>>>    3) Footprint Properties
>>>>    4) Edit Track & Via Properties
>>>> 
>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>    Jeff.
>>>> 
>>>>> On 18 Jul 2018, at 15:28, Jeff Young <jeff@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>    <mailto:jeff@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah, the “Show” label of the Output Messages checkboxes is
>>>>    misplaced too.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I’ll have another build along shortly….
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Jeff.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 18 Jul 2018, at 15:05, Kevin Cozens <kevin@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> <mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>    <mailto:kevin@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 2018-07-18 08:32 AM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
>>>>>>> Attached are the updated screen shots.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One minor point. In the first screen shot the icon with the books
>>>>    and magnifying glass is on the right side of the dialog the first
>>>>    time it appears but is just after the end of the entry field the
>>>>    second time it appears.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It would look a little better if they were in the same relative
>>>>    horizontal position.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kevin.
>>>>>> 
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