improve UX of Eeschema -> PcbNew net highlight
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KiCad |
Fix Committed
|
Wishlist
|
Jeff Young |
Bug Description
# Current Behaviour
Highlighting of Components and of Net, works differently. This should be harmonized (and simplified)
Component: Click on it in Eeschema/PcbNew, it will be centered in the other window as well. Independent if in PcbNew the mouse cursor or the net-highlight tool is selected.
Net: Click on it in Eeschema. It will be selected in PcbNew only when Highlight Net is enabled there as well. Autofocus on Eeschema -> PcbNew, but not in the other direction (it should do this at least on the currently selected sheet if possible)
# Expected Behaviour
Marking nets in both tools should not depend on the currently activated tool in the other one. This is not an intuitive behavior.
# Version Information
Application: kicad
Version: (6.0.0-
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.1.1
libcurl/7.63.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1a zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.35.1
Platform: Linux 4.19.12-
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.1.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.68.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
Curl: 7.62.0
Compiler: Clang 7.0.1 with C++ ABI 1002
Build settings:
USE_
USE_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
BUILD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_SPICE=ON
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | New → Triaged |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
milestone: | none → 6.0.0-rc1 |
The expected behavior is not good.
Highlighting a net in a large schematic can take a significant amount of time because the netlist calculation time.
Therefore highlighting a net cannot be made each time the user clicks on a pad/track in Pcbnew.