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Re: V6 Usability suggestion

 

Hello all,
One thing which can be done would be,
Put DRC list in any order and provide them fixed sr. number.
While Running DRC, show the Error along with the number, so it is very easy
and quick to look for that DRC setting.

Regards,
Chirag Prajapati


On Wed, Oct 21, 2020, 10:45 PM Jon Evans <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think we can define a manual grouping and sort order based on function,
> and apply that here as well as in the DRC dialog perhaps
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 1:12 PM Brian <lotharyx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On 10/21/20 12:51 PM, jp charras wrote:
>> > Unfortunately, even in a alphabetical order in English, it will be not
>> > ordered in other languages.
>> >
>>
>> It should be sorted at runtime, in the current locale.  Then it's in
>> lexicographic order regardless of language.
>>
>> Note: I say this not having examined the code in the slightest, and
>> don't know how dynamic (or non-dynamic) that particular dialog is.
>>
>> Even when sorted by groups (assuming the groups make sense to every
>> user, which is almost certainly not going to be the case), within groups
>> a lexicographic sort would be helpful, unless groups are limited to,
>> say, 5-10 items each.
>>
>> My $0.02,
>> -Brian (the other one*)
>>
>> * - one of many, I'm sure
>>
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