GAL canvas: Cannot delete footprint text
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Fix Released
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Low
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Jeff Young |
Bug Description
In the GAL canvas, text sub-items of footprints (for example the ref-des on the Fab layer) cannot be deleted, either with the delete key, or the context menu. This is possible in Legacy and there is a menu item indicating this should work.
Is this supposed to be possible, or should the menu item "Delete" be disabled in this case to indicate it is not?
Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.0-
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.4
libcurl/7.60.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0h zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.31.1
Platform: Linux 4.17.2-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,
Boost: 1.67.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.60.0
Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 with C++ ABI 1012
Build settings:
USE_
USE_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
BUILD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_SPICE=ON
description: | updated |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I guess the real question is do we want to allow editing of footprint elements in the board editor. If the answer is yes then we should implement the correct behavior in the gal canvas. If the answer is no, then we should remove that "feature" from the legacy canvas and grey out or remove those context menu entries.