Eeschema: Highlight Net tool doesn't work if you click on two connected pin nodes without a wire between them
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KiCad |
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Bug Description
Application: kicad
Version: 5.0.0-fee4fd1~
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.0.2
libcurl/7.35.0 OpenSSL/1.0.1f zlib/1.2.8 libidn/1.28 librtmp/2.3
Platform: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,
Boost: 1.54.0
OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.8.0
Curl: 7.35.0
Compiler: GCC 4.8.4 with C++ ABI 1002
Build settings:
USE_
USE_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
BUILD_
KICAD_
KICAD_
KICAD_SPICE=ON
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Bug:
In this simple demo (see attached screenshot), I have 2 pairs of diodes connected end-to-end. Between each diode pair I have placed a net label in order to establish a connection. If you click the "Highlight net" tool and then click the connection point between the two diodes in the bottom pair, it does NOT work--no net is highlighted. This is a bug. If you connect a small wire to the node, however, and then click the "Highlight net" tool and select the wire, as shown in the top pair, it *does* work. This is the expected behavior, and you can see the label in the bottom pair is also highlighted, as expected.
Please fix this bug so that clicking the node in the bottom pair will also highlight the net.
Thanks!
tags: | added: eeschema |
I see this bug was just marked as a duplicate of "https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 1763873". I definitely see that these 2 bug reports are related, and I could see how you could confuse it as a duplicate, but this isn't a duplicate bug report. They are asking for a new feature: to highlight the pins too--not just the wires. I'm asking for a bug fix: to even be able to click on a net when you click on two connected pins on the net. I hope you can see the subtle difference. I think the pins should be highlighted too, so I agree with that feature request, but that's not what my bug fix is asking for.