colinear segments can't became linear automatically

[Mariusz]

Newest version of KiCad and still the same old and very bad / discouraging behaviour of router.

When one of two nonlinear segments is drag and drop to the second segment, then these two segments (now colinear) can't became linear automatically (if you try to move this new "colinear segment you got message: "Unable to drag this segment: too many segments connected". We need to go: menu -> edit -> cleanup tracks and vias. Ist additional disgusting step, nobody need it. Could you please call to function cleanup tracks and vias avaerytime when new segment of track is placed?

I hope it will came to the next version of KiCad.

Thank you very much.

Best regards
Mariusz

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

I can confirm this issue in 5420.

[Chris Pavlina (pavlina-chris)]

Are you using the new (GAL) engine or the old one? This is a weird and irritating quirk that KiCad has had forever, but AFAIK the new engine finally fixed it...

[Mariusz (mariusz-ciszewski)]

My KiCad version is 2015-01-16 BZR 5376 from:
http://kicad.nosoftware.cz/windows/KiCad_testing-2015.01.17-BZR5376_Win_full_version.exe

[Mariusz (mariusz-ciszewski)]

In OpenGL it looks there is no such issue. This issue exists in default (manual) router.
If this manual router will be replaced by OpenGL in the future, and current default router will be scrapped, then OK.

[Novak Tamas (novak-7)]

As I haven't switch back to default mode from OpenGL, obsolete default mode bug should never be fixed. I'm gonna set it to "Won't fix". Comment if you don't agree.

[Mariusz (mariusz-ciszewski)]

If default mode still available, paralelly to OpenGL then this bug should become / have to be fixed for sure.