Disable "Attribute" selection by default (Selection Filter)

[matthias.luhKFN6M]

Hi,

A thing that constantly annoys me in the newer versions of Eagle is that by default (ie. when starting EAGLE), the new "Attribute" type is active in the Selection Filter by default in the schematic editor. This leads to the fact that >99 % of the time when I open EAGLE, I am instantly frustrated.

Is there a way to disable the "Attribute" selection by default, i.e. when starting Eagle? For example using the eagle.scr startup script? I tried to find a command to do this, but the user manual and the past forum threads seem to have no answer for me.

Background:

A common use case (especially when I ordered the PCB and am dealing with the embedded software) is that I open Eagle to look up something in the schematic. So I open Eagle, open the schematic (btw, Eagle always seems to forget which schematic I opened last, but that's another issue), want to right-click a module in the schematic to click on "Edit module" and then BAM - confusion: There is no "Edit module" entry in the context menu.

What happened? Instead of right-clicking the module, I right-clicked the Name tag of the Module.

So I need to open the Selection Filter, Ctrl + Click on Attributes to avoid selecting the name tag that lies exactly on the module center and then I can right-click the module to finally open it. When moving a module or a part, this is not a big deal since after left-clicking onto objects that lie on the same spot, I can right-click to select the object I want to move - this is of course not possible if I right-clicked the object in the first place.

99.95% of the time, I do not want to select the "Attribute" type objects like Name tags, I actually want them not to be selectable. It is quite annoying to disable the attribute type in the selection filter every single time I open Eagle, so I wondered if there's a way to automate it.

I am using EAGLE 9.6.2 (and am not willing to update to Fusion) on both Windows 10 and 7 Professional 64 bit computers/laptops.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Matthias

[jorge_garcia · Accepted solution]

Hi @matthias.luhKFN6M ,

I hope you're doing well. There is a way and it's in the help. Here's the line for what you are trying to do:
SET SELECTTYPES ALL -Attribute;

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Help Selection Filter should have found it.

Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you.

Best Regards,

[matthias.luhKFN6M]

Hello Jorge,

Lovely! Added this to the "SCH:" section in the "C:\Users\<username>\Documents\EAGLE\scripts\eagle.scr" file and it works like a charm. Thank you!

Best regards,

Matthias

P.S.: Ah, now I've found it in the Help (F1) - I was looking in the user manual (pdf) in the Eagle directory. Thanks for the hint, will look there as well next time.