I was thinking we couldn’t get rid of the active library concept until we had the tree browser in the left-hand side of the window.
But there are actually only three clients of the active library: The List All button in the Open dialog The Save action The Export Library action New Footprint already asks for a Footprint Name. If it also asked for a Library then the Save problem goes away. The Open / List All button is much faster on all libraries than it used to be, and it’s a bit of a step-child to Search by Keyword and Select by Browser anyway. So, I’m going to propose that we add a Library selection widget to New Footprint..., Export Library... and Save As... and otherwise abandon the active library concept. New Footprint… then drops to just plain New….; Save Footprint in Open Library… to Save; and Save Footprint in New Library… to Save As…. > On 19 Feb 2018, at 10:30, Michael Kavanagh <mich...@michaelkavanagh.me> wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > I believe the items you're referring to are under submenus. Please see > attached screenshots. > > If this is not good I can have a rethink. > > Cheers, > Michael > > On 19 February 2018 at 01:56, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com > <mailto:stambau...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Hi Michael, > > I'm not sure "Library" or "Footprint" conveys much meaning to the user. > "Select" or "Open" should proceed them similar to other file actions > like "Save" and "Load". > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > On 02/18/2018 06:18 PM, Michael Kavanagh wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Attached is a patch to bring the Footprint Editor menu bar items in > > alignment with the Pcbnew one. > > > > I have also tried to clarify the "select active library", "open > > footprint" and various save/export options to make the menu items say > > what they actually do, for example: > > > > * I've changed the "Save Active Library As..." item to "Export > > Library" because it didn't change the active library to the newly > > saved one, which is standard "Save As" behaviour. > > * "Load Footprint from Active Library" is now just "Open Footprint" > > since you can load any footprint from any library in the table. > > > > Other than that I have just moved items around and used standard hotkeys. > > > > Regards, > > Michael > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > <Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at 10.26.28.png><Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at > 10.28.44.png><Screen Shot 2018-02-19 at > 10.29.14.png>_______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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