the need to relocate a netflag text without dragging the wire along with it.
Aligning the text and net flag position is critical - please let it be floating around the point where it is flagged so it can be positioned and rotated freely
the need to relocate a netflag text without dragging the wire along with it.
Aligning the text and net flag position is critical - please let it be floating around the point where it is flagged so it can be positioned and rotated freely
As seen on the image, the netflag is the grey dot on the line in the orange circle - the tag is red, named "RE3..." now - none of the alignment tools do anything to change the position of the tag, only rotate and flip does anything. I can not click and drag the tag in relation to the grey dot (the netflag) but the position is critical for the diagram readability
"I can not click and drag the tag in relation to the grey dot (the netflag) but the position is critical for the diagram readability"
For it to be of any use to a human reader, the text of the netlabel needs to be close to the wire to which it is attached.
You can move the netflag to a different location on the wire.
If there is insufficient room to do this then, as explained above you have two options:
It might be possible to have the text of the netlabel removed from the attachment point and shown linked to it using some sort of line or arrow but that would probably make the schematic even more cluttered and hard to read.
in KiCad the label text is WAY closer to the dot and functions as intended - there's nothing I can see preventing Easys' developers from tightening the gap between the dot and the text, aligning the text on the dotted lines in stead of so far away, it is too far away and I believe we can all agree that the text is too far away - all other methods aside.
this is a simple feature that should be addressed accordingly, it should function, behave and look similarly to other schematic programs rather than being different from other programs "just because".. there is no reason for it to be this way. it can be changed, and should.
.. we can all see the problem, and sometimes redrawing or repositioning wires is a huge inconvenience.
in the image above - the VSS label should sit ON the red dotted line alongside the dot.
Initial placement:
After an X keystroke:
Another X keystroke:
After a Y keystroke:
After an X Keystroke:
Another an X and then a Y keystroke:
These positions persist after any number of X and Y keystrokes in any order:
After several more X and Y key strokes in no particular order, back where we started:
However do a single R (rotate) keystroke:
and then follow it with an X keystroke:
then R:
R followed by Y:
After some more R and then, with the text vertical doing Y:
And then some more X, Y and R:
and:
and:
and after lots of R and then Y with vertical text you can get to:
yup, I've had this problem occur on numerous occations - thanks for making a bug report!
"Aligning the text and net flag position is critical"
That is true but I don't understand the reason for your request.
If it is not possible to place a Net Flag/Port/Label so that it is clearly readable and it is also clear to which net it applies then there are two options, which can be used singly or together: