Change/remove circle pin when wire is connected successfully

[Melroy van den Berg]

Hi,

I got a nice feature request / nice to have. I think it's a nice feature when the open circle of the pins on a component changes to a closed / filled circle when a wire is successfully connected. Or remove the circle completely.

It will create a lot of clarity in Eeschema. Then you're sure the schematic is correct.

Currently the pin circles remains the same.... Moreover, the power symbols should also contains an 'open' circle when a wire isn't connected I think.

Currently, see attachment below (currently.png) how it look likes a.t.m.

See proposal #1:
http://screens.melroy.org/proposal_1.png

See proposal #2:
http://screens.melroy.org/proposal_2.png

Kind regards,
Melroy van den Berg

[Chris Pavlina (pavlina-chris)]

Proposal #3:
http://misc.c4757p.com/pins.png

Highlight the unconnected pin even more, and do not *fully* hide (but make less vibrant) the pin mark when it has been connected.

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

Proposal #2 is probably the best bet. Proposal #1 looks too much like a junction for my tastes and proposal #3 will be an issue for users who suffer from red/green color blindness. The only other thing I can think of is use a different shape to indicate a positive connection but that may make the schematic too busy.

[Simon Richter (sjr)]

There was a similar discussion on Reddit lately:

https://www.reddit.com/r/KiCad/comments/36h4ri/eeschema_connections_absent_from_netlist_in_pcbnew/