Re: gEDA-user: How do the priorities work in PCB?

["harry eaton" <bumpelo@comcast.net>]

Pcb is supposed to always choose the smallest area object near the cursor,
giving
priority to the active layer, followed by the stack-up. I think that
viewed-side elements
have highest priority when both silkscreen and pins/pads are turned on.

So there could be a bug - see if you can create a simple example to
illustrate it.

h.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karel Kulhavý" <clock@twibright.com>
To: <geda-user@seul.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 9:54 AM
Subject: gEDA-user: How do the priorities work in PCB?


> Hello
>
> PCB 20040530
> Sometimes when trying to drag a component, the component is dragged and
> sometimes the ground plane underneath.
>
> I have already tried grabbing the component by pin or selecting another
active
> layer but when the bad case happens, it doesn't help. What only helps is
> making the interfering layer invisible.
>
> I am curious if there is some algorithm to select the tiniest object
> from the all possibilities or if just the first fit is taken.
>
> Cl<