On 19 February 2018 at 11:14, Jeff Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
This displays all footprints in all libraries in the library table if an active library hasn't been selected. > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> > Post to : [email protected] >> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : 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 : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
