Change Footprint dialogue changes all footprints if no option is selected

Bug #1799654 reported by No Name
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This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Medium
Jeff Young

Bug Description

In PCBnew, when you choose "Edit" -> "Change Footprints" the opening dialogue has no option selected. In case you miss to select one and enter a new footprint all footprints will be exchanged.

My suggestion would be that a) one of the three options is preselected or b) the exchange button is greyed out until a selection is made.

Side note. I found this dialogue the only one that updates footprints in case you choose the same footprint for selector and replacement. Other dialogues like the one you reach through the footprint properties will not do that. If the current footprint and the footprint you selected as new have the same name nothing will happen.

Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.1)-3, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.3
    libcurl/7.54.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.11 libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.23.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.60.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
    Curl: 7.54.1
    Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 with C++ ABI 1011

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Revision history for this message
Jeff Young (jeyjey) wrote :

@No Name, you no longer need to use this dialog for updating footnotes (without changing them). Use Tools > Update Footprints from Library... for that.

Changed in kicad:
status: New → In Progress
importance: Undecided → Medium
assignee: nobody → Jeff Young (jeyjey)
milestone: none → 5.0.2
Revision history for this message
KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote :

Fixed in revision f87a22fefb86ef9f367450ea95f1502061590fea
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=f87a22fefb86ef9f367450ea95f1502061590fea

Changed in kicad:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Jeff Young (jeyjey) wrote :

Note: this is already fixed in 5.1, so doesn't need forward-porting.

Changed in kicad:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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