Select footprint on `Edit symbol fields`

Bug #1782848 reported by Hildo Guillardi Júnior
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Undecided
Jeff Young

Bug Description

Now in the new `Symbol Properties` window editor of v6.0rc1 Nigthly, clicking with the right button on Footprint I have a option to `Select footprint...` not just cut, copy and paste.
1) This context menu cold have the same behavior in the `Edit symbol fields`.
2) Maybe the middle mouse button could be also a shortcut for this option.

tags: removed: enhacement
Revision history for this message
KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote :

Fixed in revision 6d2dfbb5c390cd21094f6e5b981a8cc3588a7cd6
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=6d2dfbb5c390cd21094f6e5b981a8cc3588a7cd6

Changed in kicad:
status: New → Fix Committed
assignee: nobody → Jeff Young (jeyjey)
Revision history for this message
Jeff Young (jeyjey) wrote :

We don't use the middle mouse button anywhere else for context menus. But I did implement the right-button context menu, and the action buttons when the editor is shown.

Revision history for this message
Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr) wrote :

Thanks by accept the suggestion.
Before I had edit one part in the Eeschema and just after use the Table to propagate the selected footprint.
I saw in the code, added also a view PDF on browser in both situation. Nice.

Revision history for this message
Hildo Guillardi Júnior (hildogjr) wrote :

@jeyjey, one idea for improve this:
On 6.0.0-rc1-unknown-1e43773~65~ubuntu16.04.1 this buttons just appear after I select the specific line of the Value column (for example the "Open datasheet on browser" just appear after I clicked in twice on Datasheet text value).
For better UX, this buttons could be visible already before, avoiding that I have to click in the value and after in the button, but just click in the button.

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

@Hildo, I completely agree. I tried to do it that way originally but wxWidgets makes it exceedingly difficult, so I gave up.

Changed in kicad:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.