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Bug #1780847
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Comment 3 for bug 1780847

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Jeff Young (jeyjey) wrote on 2018-07-10: Re: [Bug 1780847] Re: Symbol Fields Usability

@Seth, select the Reference column. The turn-down-arrows are in it.

> On 9 Jul 2018, at 21:22, Seth Hillbrand <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Here's what it looks like under Linux
>
> ** Attachment added: "Screenshot_2018-07-09_20-15-52.png"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1780847/+attachment/5161753/+files/Screenshot_2018-07-09_20-15-52.png
>
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>
> Title:
> Symbol Fields Usability
>
> Status in KiCad:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I'd like to revisit how we handle the Edit Symbol Fields dialog box.
>
> Previously in the v5 development chain the tree view worked very
> nicely for me on Linux. I understand that there were some issues with
> this control on other platforms. However, the current solution of
> removing tree view from all platforms has made the Linux version much
> harder to use.
>
> If the tree view is not usable on Mac/MSW, then we should look at how
> to fix the problem for those platforms. Removing functionality from
> Linux to fix a Windows problem is not a great solution.
>
> At some point, the last time this was brought up, there were small
> text "+" expanders added to the grid that, while not a full
> replacement for tree view, were at least usable. I didn't notice when
> they were removed again because I don't use the dialog every day. But
> they are gone now. And the dialog is once again difficult to use for
> large, complex schematics.
>
> Application: kicad
> Version: (5.0.0-rc3-dev-7-gc9c9245e7), release build
> Libraries:
> wxWidgets 3.0.2
> libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/0.16 libpsl/0.17.0 (+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7.0 nghttp2/1.18.1 librtmp/2.3
> Platform: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
> Build Info:
> wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
> Boost: 1.62.0
> OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
> Curl: 7.52.1
> Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010
>
> 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
>
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@Seth, select the Reference column.  The turn-down-arrows are in it.

> On 9 Jul 2018, at 21:22, Seth Hillbrand <1780847@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> 
> Here's what it looks like under Linux
> 
> ** Attachment added: "Screenshot_2018-07-09_20-15-52.png"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1780847/+attachment/5161753/+files/Screenshot_2018-07-09_20-15-52.png
> 
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> You received this bug notification because you are a member of KiCad Bug
> Squad, which is subscribed to KiCad.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1780847
> 
> Title:
>  Symbol Fields Usability
> 
> Status in KiCad:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
>  I'd like to revisit how we handle the Edit Symbol Fields dialog box.
> 
>  Previously in the v5 development chain the tree view worked very
>  nicely for me on Linux.  I understand that there were some issues with
>  this control on other platforms.  However, the current solution of
>  removing tree view from all platforms has made the Linux version much
>  harder to use.
> 
>  If the tree view is not usable on Mac/MSW, then we should look at how
>  to fix the problem for those platforms.  Removing functionality from
>  Linux to fix a Windows problem is not a great solution.
> 
>  At some point, the last time this was brought up, there were small
>  text "+" expanders added to the grid that, while not a full
>  replacement for tree view, were at least usable.  I didn't notice when
>  they were removed again because I don't use the dialog every day.  But
>  they are gone now.  And the dialog is once again difficult to use for
>  large, complex schematics.
> 
>  Application: kicad
>  Version: (5.0.0-rc3-dev-7-gc9c9245e7), release build
>  Libraries:
>      wxWidgets 3.0.2
>      libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/0.16 libpsl/0.17.0 (+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7.0 nghttp2/1.18.1 librtmp/2.3
>  Platform: Linux 4.9.0-6-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
>  Build Info:
>      wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
>      Boost: 1.62.0
>      OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
>      Curl: 7.52.1
>      Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010
> 
>  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
> 
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1780847/+subscriptions