Add search box to Footprint Viewer
Bug #1783753 reported by
Hildo Guillardi Júnior
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #1465295: Add filtering to Footprint library browser.
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Triaged
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
The dialog/window "Select footprint by browser" should have some search text box (and maybe some check box "use regular expressions"), also be set as focus to type when the dialog appear.
This 2 ccontrol could be placed after "Zoom fit footprint" and before "Insert footprint on board" buttons.
This will make quick to search by a footprint, improve UX and maybe make the "Choose fotprint" dialog on Pcbnew obsolete.
Changed in kicad: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
status: | New → Triaged |
summary: |
- Search footprint on Select footprint by browser + Add search box to Footprint Viewer |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | In Progress → Triaged |
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[Fist comment on this bug-/whishlist, and so far just user of KiCad. Bear with me].
I agree with the lack of a "quick" search function in the *library browser*.
Currently there are two toolbar icons > dialogs for searching (via first and second icons in the toolbar):
- "Select library to browse">"Select Library" (which is equivalent to menubar File>Select Active Library)
- "Select footprint to browse"/"Choose Footprint" (which has no equivalent in the menubar)
This is actually the same dialog as from pcbnew's menubar > Place > Footprint.
I would instead suggest to add text boxes for entry of a filter string on top of each column (library list, list of footprint {in active library}). I'd say to have just one text field would be even better. (The notation library:footprint could be re-used)
Anyways having the option to quickly select a footprint a footprint in the library browser via text entry would be awesome. I attached a mockup for visual reference.