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What determines variant order in place component dialog

silvio3105 — Sat, 28 May 2022 17:43:58 GMT

Hi,

what determines which variant of component will be first when placing new component?

By default I use variant '' which uses tip top footprint(with silkscreen etc.) but I also have smaller footprints that saves space on PCB.

So, by default I want '' to be default footprint. Since I cannot see from symbol what footprint I've choosed, it can lead to mistakes where I by mistake place component with smaller footprint.

Re: What determines variant order in place component dialog

silvio3105 — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 09:24:51 GMT

Bump! @jorge_garcia

Re: What determines variant order in place component dialog

jorge_garcia — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:39:46 GMT

Hi @silvio3105 ,

I think the order is determined by the order in which they were created. The '' variant is always the first one, but I believe the dialog remembers the last one that was placed so that could be why you are seeing something different. Assuming no previous use the '' should be the first.

Best Regards,

Re: What determines variant order in place component dialog

silvio3105 — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 20:41:46 GMT

Thanks. Can you 100% confirm that?
I hope new lib system will be with option to select main/default variant(in most cases it's '')

Re: What determines variant order in place component dialog

jorge_garcia — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 21:14:40 GMT

I can confirm that is the case

Best Regards,