Comment 8 for bug 1817232

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Evan Shultz (evan-shultz) wrote :

Correct, those items were just some possibilities I mentioned based on thinking about the frustration shared in the video. It wasn't my original request.

Now that the dialog is implemented (version below) let me share what I originally had in my head but may not have communicated well when I submitted this suggestion: The pane just under the board canvas in Pcbnew shows Pads, Vias, Track Segments, etc. and has a fixed location. What if the Board Statistics dialog captured all of this information and then allowed a taller board canvas?

Pad and Via counts are already duplicated and adding Track Segments and Net/Node info into the Board Statistics dialog shouldn't be tough. While I can see the value in have Unrouted Segments visible all the time, I also see compelling value in having (a little) more of the board visible.

Viewing all statistics in the dialog to get more visible board area seems like a worthwhile thing to explore, even if it's a user option and defaults to the fixed pane below the canvas as it is now. Maybe a further refinement to this concept?

Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.1.0-1584-gc85d1fa00), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 (WinSSL) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.6 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) nghttp2/1.34.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.68.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.61.1
    Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
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    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
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    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
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    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON