The search dialog I was talking about it not for footprints, but I guess it could be modified to do so. Henner added the fancy symbol search dialog that you should see when adding a symbol in eeschema. Here is his announcement, if you are interested in more details on it.
I think it is worth looking into. https://lists.launchpad.net/kicad-developers/msg12292.html 2015-04-23 2:34 GMT+02:00 Lukasz Iwaszkiewicz <[email protected]>: > Hi > > Which search dialog do you mean? I didn't know there is some mechanism > for searching for footprints thus I made mine. I improved it a little and > attached a patch (made with bzr diff). The only thing I didn't know how to > do is a new icon, thus I used library filtering one. I mean I made the SVG > one, but didn't know how to convert it to cpp. > > Best regards. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Nick Østergaard <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I was wondering... Why not use the search dialog from eeschema that Henner >> made? >> >> Den 22/04/2015 15.06 skrev "jp charras" <[email protected]>: >>> >>> Le 22/04/2015 01:43, Lukasz Iwaszkiewicz a écrit : >>> > Hi >>> > >>> > I made simple search mechanism for finding footprints in cvPCB >>> > (accessible from menu and Ctrl-F) because I badly needed it: >>> > >>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaATBRrfTsM >>> > >>> > Do you think it is of some use for others? Should I improve it or don't >>> > bother? >>> > Regards. >>> > >>> >>> Thanks for your interest in Kicad. >>> Send us your patch. >>> The best way to appreciate it is to try it. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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
