X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Message-ID: <1379278707.3453.2.camel@AMD64X2> Subject: Re: [geda-user] Grabbing the element name of an element (pcb) From: Stefan Salewski To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 22:58:27 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5235D8F3.50407@icarus.com> References: <5235D8F3 DOT 50407 AT icarus DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.8.5 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Sun, 2013-09-15 at 08:57 -0700, Stephen Williams wrote: > OK, this has got to be a trivial basic thing, but I can't seem > to drag around the element name of an element. I managed to > get the name of an element separated (in space) from the element, > and I'm trying to drag it back to the element. I can select the > element name (it turns pale blue) but I can't drag it anywhere. > I can select the element and it and the name are selected together > and I can drag the pair around. > > For now, I've un-done myself out of this situation, but how it > it supposed to work? > I think -- long time ago -- it was not possible to move a refdes text in PCB program when it was selected (light blue). I think that may be very confusing. And there was a menu entry like "Config/Lock Names" -- you should check if that may be selected.