Comment 5 for bug 1743099

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Jon Watte (jwatte) wrote :

Currently, when I start a new board, and import all of the schematics, it's very hard to click on a footprint and drag it to separate it out, because there's a 75% chance I accidentally clicked a label or value or pad or something. Especially given that the automatic spread overlaps label text with other footprint outlines.

Additionally, it was useful to be able to click-drag without having to click twice. On bad mouse surfaces, touchpads, and tablets with pens, having the first click be the only click is important, because the second click may not be in the exact same spot.

I vote for bringing "mode: footprint" back in some form. Additionally, I vote for the new "spread" function to give a little more breathing room around footprints, or at least make sure it clears labels.