Comment 4 for bug 1568396

You are correct Novak, the entry should only appear when nothing is
selected. (ie. right click on empty background)

On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 9:38 AM, Novak Tamas <email address hidden> wrote:

> I think "Get and Move" wouldn't go to context menu.
> If you have invoked context menu, "Get" part is already done, and simple
> "Move" is there on the context menu.
> "Get and move" is to be used when your mouse pointer is far from the
> component (you don't even know where that component is actually). It is a
> "locate this footprint and grab it to cursor" function, so it makes sense
> only "off-site".
>
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> Title:
> Pcbnew: Part Selection/Placement By Refdes (Usability Enhancement)
>
> Status in KiCad:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Updated:
>
> This pertains to the "Get and Move Footprint" feature which can be
> invoked by pressing "T" and entering a single reference designator
> such as "R1".
>
> Observations:
> 1. It is hard for inexperienced users to discover this feature since
> (apparently) it is not present in any of the context menus. It is only
> listed under the hotkey editor. The can be easily remedied by adding a "Get
> and Move Footprint" entry to the selection tool's context menu.
>
> 2. The "Get and Move Footprint" feature only supports placing one
> component at a time. If a user wishes to place a list of components in
> order (ie. R1, R2, R3), they must manually invoke the the tool for
> each component: entering the reference designator for a single
> component and placing it. While this is fine for small designs, it can
> significantly slow the placement phase of larger layouts.
>
> What I propose, in the "Get and Move Footprint" feature if the user
> enters a single reference designator. ie. "R1", it acts normally. But,
> if the user enters multiple reference designators seperated by spaces,
> ie. "R1 R2 R3", then the placement tool is automatically invoked in
> order for each component entered. So, after "R1 R2 R3" was entered
> then the user would click a total three times to place each component
> in the list. This saves the user from having to stop and reenter
> reperence designators so often while they are placing components.
>
> I would like to see what the general consensus is for this feature and
> if this feature is realistically implementable in Pcbnew.
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