Comment 3 for bug 698867

Typically, newbies do not intend to edit librariy objecs in the first place. By the time, they want to edit library symbols themselves, they have very certainly grasped that the attribute editor edits the properties of the local instance only. None of my students ever said or did anything that implied they thougt, they would edit the file in the lib. By contrast, more than one mentioned irritation on what symbol the attribute editor actually refers.
In addition, the string in the top bar provides the only UI way to tell the filename of a symbol in the schematic.

If it really itches you, I'd suggest to remove the ".sym" appendix from the string in the dalog head.

Please consider a different solution to your hidden motivation. Why not remove the string, if the editor refers to more than one object?

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