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[Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm fine with that, it should not be too bad to implement it as a matrix
under the hood.
I will play with a few different UX ideas for how to control this, based on
things I like and don't like from other tools.

-Jon

On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 9:51 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> On 3/18/2019 8:28 AM, Seth Hillbrand wrote:
> > Am 2019-03-17 20:11, schrieb Jon Evans:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I want to change the color system in PcbNew so that transparency is
> >> tied to object type rather than board layer.  Color would still be set
> >> by layer, but transparency would be settable for things like tracks,
> >> component pads, zones, etc.
> >
> > Hi Jon-
> >
> > I like the idea.  I can see that working well for
> > tracks/zones/vias/footprints/etc.
> >
> > I would still like to keep the option (maybe as a multiplicative
> > setting) of changing a layer transparency, at least for user layers.  I
> > wouldn't want my GDT marks to automatically have the same transparency
> > as lines in copper layers, for instance.
> >
> > -Seth
>
> I'm siding with Seth on this one.  I think adding object transparency is
> a good idea but not as a replacement for layer transparency.  Layer
> transparency has it's uses so object transparency should be complementary.
>
> Wayne
>
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