View and scrolling 3D and module print in CvPcb

[gautier]

Kicad Version:2012-01-19 BZR3256
On CvPcb when you want to display the footprint and 3D, you clic on "selected foot print" and you scroll foot print by arrows, footprint and 3D windows disappear behind the CvPcb windows and the arrow scolling function changes.

Scrolling footprint, viewing foot print and 3D ran correctly in Kicad Version (2011-07-08 BZR3044)

OS: windows 7

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

I have created a patch that will SetFocus() back to the footprint after the viewer is updated, I haven't found anywhere this causes a problem

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

"3D windows disappear behind the CvPcb windows" is the normal behavior.
(It was asked a long time ago, when the behavior was not this current behavior)

But what is the meaning of:
"and the arrow scrolling function changes" ?

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

If you are focussed on the list of footprints then you used to be able to use the up and down arrow key on the keyboard to look at each footprint which would be shown in the modview and footprint view windows, This would allow you to preview every footprint in the list if you so chose without having to use the mouse.

Apparently this behaviour changed at some point and when you you the modview and footprint view windows open the footprint list loses focus. As i can not think of a better widget to recieve focus in this case the patch sets focus back to the footprint list so the arrow keys can be used there

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

I do not have any issue, both on W7 and Kubuntu 14.04 when using arrow keys.
I can use them to explore the footprint list (or the component list) and see the footprint and 3d viewer updated.

What is exactly the issue?
It could be specific to a WM and/or an OS.

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

In the attached screenshot even though the cvpcb window is in focus the right most pane is not focused (as seen by it being grey highlight instead of blue, I will try and take a screenshot of it patched soon) so that when i hit the up and down arrows on the keyboard nothing happens.

As this bug was originally filed under windows and i am on a mac i assumed it was multi-platform, Does the patch cause issues on other platforms (unfortunately i only have osx so i am unable to test it on other platforms)

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

this is with patch applied

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

Simon,
Your patch does not work well: it gives the focus to the footprint list box even if an other listbox (the component list box) has the focus.
It make impossible the component list box scrolling by arrow keys.
Attached a modified patch.
Can you test it?

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

ok i will test it soon, I am surprised that its able to steal focus from any other widget as the code is only in the footprint event widget. Must be a difference between platforms

thanks jp

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

This is not surprising, and there is no a difference between platforms.
This is a normal behavior.
When a new component is selected in component listlist, the footprint specified in the component is selected in the footprint list, and a footprint event selection is generated, (al least if the selection has changed) even if the footprint listbox has not the focus.

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

ah, there is the problem that was catching me out... On when you select a component in the middle listbox that has a footprint already assigned to it the right-most(footprint) listbox will scroll to put the footprint selected in the view but doesn't select it.

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

On OSX

[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

And your patch fixes this bug on OSX, Thanks

[jean-pierre charras (jp-charras)]

Focus issue on scrolling fixed in rev 6836

[gautier (gautier-vincent)]

Thanks I used Kicad 4.02 now.

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  View and scrolling 3D and module print in CvPcb

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Bug description:
  Kicad Version:2012-01-19 BZR3256
  On CvPcb when you want to display the footprint and 3D, you clic on
"selected foot print" and you scroll foot print by arrows, footprint and 3D
windows disappear behind the CvPcb windows and the arrow scolling function
changes.

  Scrolling footprint, viewing foot print and 3D ran correctly in Kicad
  Version (2011-07-08 BZR3044)

  OS: windows 7

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[xzcvczx (xzcvczx)]

it has been backported to 4.0 branch so it should be in 4.0.3 when its released

[gilou (netbomo)]

Hi,
I'm using Kicad V5 rc1 :

Application: kicad
Version: (5.0.0-rc2-dev-45-ge3c71efbe), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.2
    libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2l zlib/1.2.8 libidn2/0.16 libpsl/0.17.0 (+libidn2/0.16) libssh2/1.7.0 nghttp2/1.18.1 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.9.0-4-amd64 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.62.0
    Curl: 7.52.1
    Compiler: GCC 6.3.0 with C++ ABI 1010

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

When I'm on cvpcb, if the footprint window is open, I can't use arrows key in the footprint list (right list). the mouse focus is directly putted in the footprint view and move by arrow clic in it.

I'm on debian stretch.