Hmm what about displaying that info in the dialog title? Also might be useful to show if the footprint can be found on disk (as opposed from cache) and if so the path to its file.
On 28 Feb 2018 17:33, "Andy Peters" <[email protected]> wrote: Nowhere in the pcbnew footprint properties dialog does it say the name (and source library) of the footprint whose properties are being displayed! This is a weird oversight. This little bit of info is useful! For example, my DRC check complained about “footprint C7 has malformed courtyard.” OK, I look at the footprint’s properties to see what it’s called (because who can remember) and it’s not in that dialog. To be fair, when a footprint is selected, its relevant details are shown in the status bar on the bottom of the screen, and that includes the footprint name. But still … This is with a current nightly build. -a _______________________________________________ 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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