| ID: | 1004 |
| From: | ge...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Nov 2017 17:17:13 +0100 (CET) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] feature request: list netname when mouse-over on a |
| in-reply-to: | 1003 from James Battat <jb...@gmail.com> |
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-84290889-1510071433=:27212 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Hello James, On Tue, 7 Nov 2017, James Battat wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have what I think is a straightforward feature request. > > When I mouse-over on a pad on an element, I get a very helpful small yell= ow=20 > pop-up window that tells me: > =C2=A0 Element name > =C2=A0 Pinname > =C2=A0 Netname > > It would be helpful to get Netname information when mouse-over on a via o= r=20 > trace.=C2=A0 Is this a viable request? > Reasonable request, but not easy to do. I am affraid it will have to wait= =20 until the big find.c rewrite scheduled to some time next year. Problem: pins/pads are on the netlist, so it's just a simple netlist=20 lookup to get the net name. Vias, lines, arcs and polygons do not have a=20 refdes:pinnumber in the netlist. So if you show me a via in the middle of= =20 your PCB, I simply have no idea wha net it is on or it should be on. The only way to figure it would be to run the same search the 'f' key=20 does. Unfortuntely this search uses a flag in each object while doing the= =20 search and the same flag is used to display the green highlight on the UI. So if I just implemented it before the find.c rewrite, it would interfere= =20 with the 'f' find fature, which would be a rather annoying bug. Regards, Igor2 --0-84290889-1510071433=:27212--
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