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Re: [Patch] Add ability to reset Pcbnew layer colors to default

 

Yup, I'm fine with this patch, just trying to answer Ian's question about
whether or not there is V6 work planned here.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 11:55 AM Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Jon,
>
> Ian's patch resets the layer colors back to the hard coded default layer
> colors.  I know this isn't a complete solution but it might be handy
> until you finish the full layer color changes.  Unless this interferes
> with something you are working on, I'm fine with merging this patch as a
> short term solution.
>
> Ian,
>
> You accidentally committed your Doxygen error log file.  I don't think
> we would want to merge that into the KiCad source.  If Jon is OK with
> merging this, you please resubmit the patch without your Doxygen error
> log file.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Wayne
>
> On 8/21/19 5:21 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> > Yes, there is V6 work planned for this, I was planning on doing it, but
> > there are several steps in between (first changing how settings in
> > general are stored, and then a general refresh of the layers/color
> > settings GUI)
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 5:06 PM Ian McInerney <Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:Ian.S.McInerney@xxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >     I noticed today that the layer color selector dialog didn't have a
> >     way of resetting the color to the KiCad default (I needed to do this
> >     today). This patch adds the ability for that to be done in Pcbnew
> >     (for both layers and items).
> >
> >     This same thing could be done in Gerbview, but the default colors
> >     there are not exposed as nicely as in Pcbnew, so it would be more
> >     convoluted. I wasn't sure if there was already v6 work planned on
> >     that part, so I have left it alone. If there isn't, then I could go
> >     back and tidy it up to implement this same defaults system.
> >
> >     -Ian
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