OK, but the legacy behavior in 4.0.7 was considered a bug. I think there is a launchpad bug for that. The current behavior is how it is intended to work as I understand it :)
2018-01-04 15:16 GMT+01:00 André S. <[email protected]>: > Hi Nick, > > I try to detail it again and hope I can make clear what I mean: > - currently you can in 4.0.7 Legacy canvas > * toggle the Value and Reference option in Visibility:Elements. > When you do that: > * Value/Reference are displayed or hidden according to the status of the > Element control. > The state of the _Layer option_ F.SilkS/B.SilkS and F.Fab/B.Fab have _no > influence_ on the visibility of Value/Reference. > > - when you switch to OpenGL or Cairo Value/Reference _disappear_ on the > PCB when F.SilkS/B.SilkS and F.Fab/B.Fab are _unset_ in the Layer options > regardless that Value/Reference option are set in Elements. > Value/Reference are in OpenGL/Cairo only _displayed_ when *.SilkS/*.Fab > are _set_ *and* the Element control for Value/Reference are set. > > This is independent from the actual PCB project. (I tried it on three > different projects) > In the current Nightly all canvases act the same as OpenGL/Cairo in 4.0.7. > (Legacy in 4.0.7 behaves differently as Legacy in Nightly.) > > I hope this made it clearer. > > André > > > > Am 2018-01-04 <20%2018%2001%2004> um 14:18 schrieb Nick Østergaard: > > 2018-01-04 <20%2018%2001%2004> 9:55 GMT+01:00 André S. < > [email protected]>: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I discovered some not consistent behaviour in the current stable release: >> On the Legacy canvas you can display Value of the footprint by enabling >> Value option under Elements in the Visibility menu. >> This is not true for OpenGL and Cairo canvas. >> In the Nightly from 2018-01-02 Legacy shows the same behaviour as OpenGL >> and Cairo. There Value is only visible when F.Fab is visible. >> This means 5.0 will show consistent behaviour over all canvases. Fine. >> The same is true with References and F.SilkS layer. >> >> What is missing with this solution is the possibility to be able to only >> display Value/Reference of a footprint as the current stable release Legacy >> canvas allows. (I really like this feature because it removes a lot of >> visual noise on the PCB during layout design). >> >> > I don't understand you. There is still the toggle for references and > values in the render (elemente) tab. I don't understand why you exemplify > it with 4.0.7 when you say there is no regression. Please illustrate what > you would like to have and attach an example kicad_pcb file, it is easier > to comment on that. > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741015 > > >> I do think the behaviour of Legacy was always there, therefore my >> confusion with the Values and References not visible when switching >> canvases. >> Is there any chance that in future there will be an option (again) to >> toggle Value and Reference visibility independently from F.Fab and F.Silks? >> >> Best Regards, >> André >> >> PS: xkcd reference: https://xkcd.com/1172/ ;) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > >
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