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> Hi,
> 
> When I'm editing a PCB, I often find that I want to find a group of
> components on it.  For example, I want to find a certain set of
> decoupling capacitors to make sure they're positioned appropriately.
> This is quite a slow process in pcb at the moment, as one has to use the
> "Select by name" menu a lot etc.

Seems like a really good search and select window.

There is another selection problem. It is quite common a circuit have be moved a little bit or reused for example a power supply. I had an idea to add a sub layout switch so that all objects added while working would belong to the selected sub laout. Then they could be select --> copied, moved or reused.

Nicklas Karlsson