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Re: Dangling symbols and dragging

 

Ha!  Well, that would explain why I found it odd.

I’ll look into fixing it.

Cheers,
Jeff.


> On 29 Oct 2018, at 17:06, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> It's definitely different on 5.0.  When dragging a symbol, the pin
> connections are marked as unconnected.  When dragging a symbol that is
> part of a block that contains the wires connect to the pins of a
> selected symbol, then the pins shown as connected.  In the dev branch
> the symbol pins are always shown as unconnected block or no block.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
> On 10/27/2018 6:05 AM, Jeff Young wrote:
>> We currently display “unconnected” symbols on all connections when dragging objects.  This is a little disorienting when dragging a block, as internal connections are all marked as “unconnected” as well as external ones.  
>> 
>> I imagine it’s always been this way, and I also imagine it would take a moderate effort to fix.  Does it bother anyone else, or is it just me?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff.
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