Wishlist: Option to show invisible fields in Eeschema

[Artsiom Shchatsko]

Pcbnew has an option to show/hide hidden texts in footprints while editing layout (Visibilities > Render > Hidden Text).
It would be great to have an option to show/hide all invisible fields in Eeschema symbols while editing schematic.

[Artsiom Shchatsko (cioma)]

It would also be useful to be able to move invisible fields once they are made visible with that option. Obviously when the option is off not invisible field can be selected in canvas.

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

The option you are requesting already exists in the Eeschema
configuration dialog. Just check the "Show hidden pins" control and the
hidden pins are displayed in grey. You cannot move component pins in
the schematic editor because components are not embedded in the
schematic file. Components in the schematic are linked to the
appropriate component in the component library. Hopefully this will be
fixed in the next stable release.

On 2/13/2016 7:10 AM, Artsiom Shchatsko wrote:
> It would also be useful to be able to move invisible fields once they
> are made visible with that option. Obviously when the option is off not
> invisible field can be selected in canvas.
>

[Artsiom Shchatsko (cioma)]

I'm talking about hidden fields of the symbol not about hidden pins

[Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw)]

Sorry. Misread it. The only way to show the hidden fields is to make
them visible one component at a time. This would be a useful option so
I'll make it a wishlist bug.

On 2/13/2016 9:18 AM, Artsiom Shchatsko wrote:
> I'm talking about hidden fields of the symbol not about hidden pins
>

[Artsiom Shchatsko (cioma)]

Many thanks!

Here is KiCad use forum discussion about this feature, where I described it in more details:
https://forum.kicad.info/t/show-invisible-fields-in-eeschema/2283

Other users might add some useful input there too.

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/2010