Object Properties should allow layer change

[martinjankoehler]

There is a menu action Edit > Selection > Change Layer.

IMO, this should also be achievable directly in the Object Properties dialog:

So instead of having a QLabel showing the layer name, it could be a QComboBox or custom layer chooser Widget with built in search function

[klayoutmatthias]

Hmm ... that's a different thing. In KLayout's database architecture, the layer is not an attribute of the objects, but the container the object lives in. So changing the layer is a move of the object, not an attribute change. Also, the concept is generic and uses the same API for different classes of objects. Rulers for example are also objects that can be selected and are also shown in the dialog. Providing an API that allows moving objects between containers in a generic way appears very complicated to me. Specifically as there is no such move for rulers or there may be other types of containers involved.

Rule of thumb: KLayout is not Cadence.

The way to change layers is Edit/Selection/Change Layer.

Matthias

[anewusername]

I also find the "Change Layer" flow quite cumbersome -- luckily my impulse (select objects, right click on layer in "Layers" pane) was quite compatible with the architecture. Maybe it'll be useful for others: https://github.com/anewusername/layers_context_toolbox