KiCad

Import/export of color settings

Bug #1789007 reported by Thomas Pointhuber
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Expired
Wishlist
KiCad 6.0.0-rc1

Bug Description

Similar to Hotkeys, Color profiles should have import/export functionality.

Furthermore, add a similar color dialog to pcbnew as for eeschema (I know you can already set it in the sidebar). This would support consistency as well as the ability to change the color of things like the background.

# Version Informations

Application: kicad
Version: (6.0.0-rc1-dev-373-g32d262b0f), debug build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.1.1
    libcurl/7.61.0 OpenSSL/1.1.0i zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) nghttp2/1.32.0
Platform: Linux 4.18.3-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.1.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 2.24
    Boost: 1.67.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.61.0
    Compiler: Clang 6.0.1 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

Tags: ui
Seth Hillbrand (sethh)
Changed in kicad:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
Revision history for this message
John Beard (john-j-beard) wrote :

Somewhat related - resetting to defaults, which is a special case of this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1502656

Jeff Young (jeyjey)
summary: - support import/export of color profiles
+ Import/export of color settings
Jon Evans (craftyjon)
Changed in kicad:
assignee: nobody → Jon Evans (craftyjon)
milestone: none → 6.0.0-rc1
Revision history for this message
Dino Ghilardi (dino-ghilardi) wrote :

It should be useful also to be able to save/load the visibility settings for layers with the colors.
Example:
In my usual workflow, after routing a board I have to correct the silk screen re-positioning a lot of text. Usually I hide anything like routes and bottom layer, showing only the top pads, the silk screen and the vias in order to place the reference designators correctly.
Being able to load a color combination with the visibility settings would speed-up the process.

Revision history for this message
Jon Evans (craftyjon) wrote :

I agree, I'm working on that for 6.0

Jon Evans (craftyjon)
Changed in kicad:
status: Triaged → In Progress
Revision history for this message
KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote :

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2225

Changed in kicad:
status: In Progress → Expired
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