Making the Hierarchical Navigator modeless and dockable would be a good start, and is more doable in the short term.
Cheers, Michael On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 01:41, Russell Oliver <[email protected]> wrote: > One thing I liked from Eagle was the list of sheets as thumbnails to > allow for visual recognition. > > > Regards > Russell Oliver > > > > On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 10:20, Andrew Lutsenko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Brian, > > > > There already is an easier way to navigate sheets than what you > describe: click "Navigate schematic hierarchy" button on top toolbar or > "View -> Show hierarchical navigator" which both open same view of > schematic sheet tree. Single click on any sheet will bring you directly to > it so in your example it's just two clicks (if using toolbar), regardless > of level of sheet you are coming from/navigating to. > > > > That said I too would love to see faster navigation via tabs, even if > it's just "only one tab at a time" deal. > > > > Regards, > > Andrew > > > > On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 4:49 PM Brian Piccioni < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Jon > >> > >> > >> > >> My thought was simply that: a quick way of switching between sheets. > >> > >> > >> > >> Lets say I am in the main sheet and want to look at a circuit 2 levels > down: I have to find the right sheet, click it, find the next sheet, click > that, have a look, then backup and backup. > >> > >> > >> > >> I have found it much easier to simply open a new instance of eeSchema, > however, that would present some problems if I touch any of the files due > to coherency issues. > >> > >> > >> > >> It would be much easier to have a sheet list (I thought of tabs because > that is the current paradigm for such things) and select click on the > target sheet then click on the main sheet to return. There may be an easier > way of doing so via, say, a right mouse click or something if wxWidgets is > not yet up to the task. > >> > >> > >> > >> I wasn’t thinking of concurrent viewing at all, and I can see how that > would complicate matters. > >> > >> > >> > >> I was ruminating on this because of my current project to renumber > boards. I have made great progress and expect to start integrating it with > PCBNew and eeSchema as a prototype within a few days. > >> > >> > >> > >> My utility currently caches the schematic hierarchy and it struck me > that with some modification that would permit quick selection of any sheet > in the hierarchy, with the resulting benefits in terms of usability. > >> > >> > >> > >> Not that I’d suggest a hack in production code but one can imagine > prototyping this by essentially inserting a UI in the file open menu item, > keeping track of dirty sheets, and writing the cache out when invoking a > save command. > >> > >> > >> > >> Of course, this is no doubt simplistic given my lack of expertise in > the matter. > >> > >> > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Jon Evans <[email protected]> > >> Sent: May 3, 2019 10:52 AM > >> To: Brian Piccioni <[email protected]> > >> Cc: Kevin Cozens <[email protected]>; kicad-developers < > [email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] eeSchema V6 - any thoughts as to tabbed > schematics? > >> > >> > >> > >> If this is essentially adding a faster way to switch between sheets, it > should be very straightforward. > >> > >> If instead you want to be able to view more than one sheet at a time > (side by side tabs, or something), it would be more complex because > currently Eeschema has a lot of code that expects only a single sheet > active at a time. > >> > >> > >> > >> -Jon > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 10:45 AM Brian Piccioni < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> I suspect that it doesn't require much change since one would be > essentially > >> changing the focus to a sheet in memory rather than reloading it. > >> > >> Brian > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kicad-developers > >> <kicad-developers-bounces+brian= > [email protected]> > >> On Behalf Of Kevin Cozens > >> Sent: May 3, 2019 10:36 AM > >> To: kicad-developers <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Kicad-developers] eeSchema V6 - any thoughts as to tabbed > >> schematics? > >> > >> On Fri, 3 May 2019 at 14:06, Brian Piccioni < > [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Currently you have to open another instance of eeSchema or click > >> > through to sheets in order to see other sheets. Tabs would be more > >> > convenient than clicking on a sheet (or multiple levels of sheets), > >> > backing out, etc., at least in many circumstances. > >> > >> That is an interesting idea. It could become an option in addition to > the > >> current sheet navigation system. A new option could be added which > would be > >> something like "Pin sheet to tab". > >> > >> -- > >> Cheers! > >> > >> Kevin. > >> > >> http://www.ve3syb.ca/ | "Nerds make the shiny things that > >> https://www.patreon.com/KevinCozens | distract the mouth-breathers, and > >> | that's why we're powerful" > >> Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | > >> #include <disclaimer/favourite> | --Chris Hardwick > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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