This would make it so much more user friendly, and it's only UI code On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 2:08 PM, Jeff Young <[email protected]> wrote:
> We’ve had some users be quite vocal about it being hard to update > footprints from the library (and trying to use cvpcb to do so)[1]. While > you can do this through the 4th option on the Exchange Footprints dialog, > it’s pretty hidden. > > Lumping together Exchange and Update is also confusing, whether in the > selected footprint case or in the global case. > > I’d like to propose the following changes (I’m happy to implement them): > > 1) Add Edit > Update All Footprints. This would open the Exchange > Footprints dialog with all the update options and exchange information > removed. > > 2) Add Context Menu > Update Footprints (just under Exchange Footprints). > This would open the Exchange Footprints dialog with all the exchange > information removed. > > 3) Remove the fourth option (global update) from the Exchange Footprints > dialog. > > Thoughts? > > Cheers, > Jeff. > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1466857 > _______________________________________________ > 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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