Wish: position lock for text fields added to footprints

[Rene Poeschl]

Since at least version 5.1 all text fields added to a footprint can be moved around. (Not sure if this was also already the case in version 4)

It might be preferable to have the option to lock some such fields in place (relative to the footprint center)
Example would be if one adds pin annotations for connectors.

Such fixed texts might also not really make sense to be shown in the footprints field list.

[Anton (antonpupkov)]

The blocking of the positional notation of the component footprint is, in principle, already present; if you move the component footprint, they also move and occupy the same place as the footprint. It can be done in such a way that moving in no way is possible in principle, but then you need to adjust the font and text to the dimensions of the component's footprint.

[Rene Poeschl (poeschlr)]

Anton i feel you misunderstood my request. It is not about locking the absolute position of the footprint inside the layout. Not even about locking the absolute position of any footprint element inside the layout.

I request a lock for the relative position between footprint assets (text fields in this case) and the footprint itself. (Meaning i want to be able to move the footprint around freely in pcb_new but i want to be able to ensure that some text fields are not movable without moving the full footprint. Right now something like this is only implemented for pads as there is a setting for locking pad positions relative to the footprint. But i would even here see a benefit of being able to control this on a per pad basis in the library editor.)

[Paul van der hoeven (paulvdh)]

You mean, just the same as with graphical lines of the footprint. Those are always locked relative to the position of the footprint itself, just as pads.

As a workaround you can re-load a Footrpint from the library if texts have moved relative from the footprint.