Suggestion: Better tooltip for "define as power symbol"
Bug #1804932 reported by
Rene Poeschl
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KiCad |
Fix Released
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Low
|
Wayne Stambaugh | ||
Bug Description
The current tooltip for "define as power symbol" does not really add additional information compared to the text of the option it self.
Maybe use the tooltip to explain what setting this option really means.
So something like:
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Setting this option will mean that the symbol in question will appear in the "add power port" dialog. Additionally it will lock the value text to protect it from editing in eeschema.
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(English is not my first language so i guess the wording can be improved greatly. I might have also missed some effect of this feature.)
| tags: | added: eeschema starter |
| Changed in kicad: | |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
Revision history for this message
| Rene Poeschl (poeschlr) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in kicad: | |
| milestone: | none → 5.1.1 |
| assignee: | nobody → Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) |
Revision history for this message
| KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in kicad: | |
| status: | Triaged → Fix Committed |
| Changed in kicad: | |
| status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
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It seems the flag also forces the annotation to start with # so this might also be something to mention in the tooltip. (This # will mean that the symbol is not included in the BOM, CvPcb and does not get a footprint on the PCB)