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    Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 4:10am
The tab sequence for the data entry text fields in the FP Designer isn't intuitive.

I'd expect to go down the window in order:

Units > Shape > Lengh (X) > Wdith (Y) > height (Z) > Courtyard Excess > etc.

Instead there's:

  Units > height (Z) > Shape > Lengh (X) > Wdith (Y) > Courtyard Excess > etc.

A little annoying if you've clicked in the Lengh (X) field and then tried to use tab to go through the rest.




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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jameshead Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 08 Oct 2013 at 4:16am
The tab sequence in the Pad Stack Designer window in FP Designer is also not intuitive, it goes all over the place.

I'd expect:

Lead
Shape > X > Y
Hole
Shape > Fab level > Plated
Assy Dwg > X

Instead there's

Lead
Shape > Y > X
Hole
Assy Dwg > Shape > X > Plated

I expect to tab left to right and then top to bottom.
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Tabs are reordered in V2013.15
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote jameshead Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 6:34am
The tab sequence in the Pad Stack Designer window in FP Designer is better, thanks, but the tab sequence in first tab of the FP Designer, "Body" still goes from:

Physical Characteristics
Shape > Height (Z) > Length (X) > Width (Y)

Where I think it should be:

Physical Characteristics
Shape > Length (X) > Width (Y) > Height (Z)

As this would then match the order the fields appear, top to bottom, in the window.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jeff.M Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Oct 2013 at 7:03am
Got it.  For some reason I thought you were referring to actual control 'Tabs' not the keyboard tab order.
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