placement glitch in "move selected elements to other side", shift+b

[mjc]

If I select a component and press "shift+b", it is moved to the other side of the PCB as expected, BUT the vertical coordinate of its position changes, which is really annoying. It may move off-screen.

If the component is original at vertical position Y, and the board height is Z, the new position is Z-Y.

It should stay at Y, instead.

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

Forgot to say: I'm using version 20110918.

[DJ Delorie (djdelorie)]

The current way of doing it allows for selecting many components, and ensuring they're all still on the board after the flip. If you can suggest a better, more obvious, way, that still guarantees all parts remain on the board after the flip, patches welcome :-)

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

Is something wrong with your git server?

[mjc@xena git]$ git clone git://git.gpleda.org/pcb.git
Cloning into 'pcb'...
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

[DJ Delorie (djdelorie)]

There is nothing wrong with our git server, however, our git server is git.geda-project.org now.

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

Thanks for the correct git pointer.

http://pcb.geda-project.org/ has the wrong git url listed.

- Mike

[DJ Delorie (djdelorie)]

Thanks, I cleaned up all the remaining urls pointing to the old sites, at least in the toplevel directory.

[mjc (mjc-avtechpulse)]

The attached patch adds an offset, so that if the markY insertion point values of the selected items range between A and B originally, the layer-flipped items will range between B and A.

When flipping a single item, this means it stays at exactly the same coordinates as before, instead of moving halfway across the board. This is a big win for convenience.

When flipping a group of items, they stay roughly in the same area.

In a small fraction of cases, if components are near the board edge, it is possible that a portion of some outer components will be flipped off the board edge - however, the mark point will always be on-board, so it can be easily moved. The whole selection "snaps" back to the PCB when you move it anyway. I do not think this is a problem. It is still more convenient than having the whole selection move halfway across the PCB.