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[Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 20:24, Henner Zeller <h.zeller@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> so here one digit patch.
>
> Problem Symptom: in the schematic symbol chooser, if you search for an
> exact match of a component with multiple units, it is not selected.
> For instance, search for
>
>    74LS00
>
> The scored element is in the tree, but you need to manually unfold it
> (see before.png image). This usually works otherwise (I suspect it has
> to do with the fact that there are sub-units).
>
> The attached change will reliably select the first unit of that
> particular symbol and fix the problem (after.png image).
>
> Now it might be up for debate if the search should actually unfold to
> the first unit or if the tree unfolding should stop at the 74LS00 part
> - I guess if the latter is wished, something dependent on
> tree-children needs to be introduced. I leave that up to you.
>
> Attached: patch (against 5.1 branch),

It also applies cleanly against current head, which has the same problem.