I am voting essential as the process of finding a part involves to many steps. I would add something to your wish though which I have mentioned before. I would like to be able to search for library parts in any folder on the hard drive I select instead of being limited to loaded libraries. This seems to me to be a no brainer. I have quite a few 3rd party libraries and it is hard to keep track of where individual parts are.
Cheers
Gerald
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