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Subject: Re: [geda-help] PCB Layers & Groups GUI question
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You're right. I changed the theme and now I can distinguish between
pressed and unpressed buttons.

Thank you very much. You saved me another couples of hours searching
around.

On Mit, 2014-03-19 at 04:31 -0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > I'm using PCB version 20110918 on Ubuntu (Unity) 13.10 (64 bit) with gtk
> > GUI. "
> > 
> > I want to design a primitive 2-sided board with only top/bottom Layers. 
> > 
> > To define the Layers/Groups I open "File>Preferences>Layers>groups". Now
> > I want to put "top/component side" into group #1 and "bottom/solder
> > side" into group #2 by pressing the corresponding buttons. But after
> > pressing the button, they do not change any color. All the buttons look
> > like the same (light grey). 
> > 
> > Is this a bug or do I something wrong?
> > 
> > I spent already hours in searching the web, but found no solution.
> 
> The "selected" squares in the grid should be a darker grey, and should
> be pre-set.  If they look the same as the others, you might have a gtk
> theme issue.
> 
> http://www.delorie.com/pcb/tmp/gtk-groups.png
> 
> But the default is to have each drawing layer in its own layer group.
> Nearly everyone leaves them that way.