Re: gEDA-user: Please help with another PCB annoyance :-)

["harry eaton" <bumpelo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Stuart,

You probably want to start using the CVS source. There was a bad bug on
searching silkscreen bounding-boxes in the latest snapshot release, but it's
fixed in CVS. Also I'd like to point out that there is no need to select
anything before moving it, unless you want to move a group of objects.
Simply click-drag to move something.

As for forcing selection of a particular thing, pcb selects from smallest to
largest and from top to bottom. The easiest thing to do to avoid grabbing
other objects is to turn off their visibility. Alternatively you can zoom in
closer and grab it by some point that is far away from the other, smaller
object.

harry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Brorson" <sdb@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:22 AM
Subject: gEDA-user: Please help with another PCB annoyance :-)


> Hi PCB power users --
>
> Another PCB annoyance which frustrates me is that I often cannot grab
> the silkscreen refdes of a component to move it.  That is, I click on
> a component refdes with the selection tool, and the refdes lights up,
> but then when I try to drag it, the refdes won't go anywhere.
>
> Questions:
>
> *  Is there a way to force selection of a particular graphical
> element?  In some programs (e.g. Allegro), when you select a component
> in a densely populated area you can depress the right mouse button and
> you will get a pick list of items which you can select.  Once you
> select a particular item (e.g. component refdes), only that item
> moves.  Does PCB have a similar facility?
>
> *  Assuming I have the refdes selected, and it's lit up, how can I
> then force PCB to move it?
>
> I apologize if this is in the FAQ. . . .
>
> Stuart