pcbnew Library Browser and 3D-Viewer update issue. GTK specific?

[firewalker]

When placing a part using the "Select by Browser" option, if someone selects a part and hit the "Show footprint in 3D viewer" the 3D model gets displayed as expected.

If the selected part changes, the open now 3D viewer does NOT refresh to the newly selected part. Someone must hit the "Show footprint in 3D viewer" button again or try to rotate the part in the viewer.

Application: kicad
Version: (2017-02-25 revision 94bef6abd)-master, release build
Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.2
           libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2k zlib/1.2.11 libpsl/0.17.0 (+libicu/58.2) libssh2/1.8.0
Platform: Linux 4.9.11-1-ARCH i686, 32 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
- Build Info -
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.63.0
Curl: 7.52.1
KiCad - Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 with C++ ABI 1010
        Settings: USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
                  USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
                  BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
                  KICAD_USE_OCE=ON

[firewalker (firew4lker)]

The same issue is present when in CvPCB.

[firewalker (firew4lker)]

It used to update the 3D viewer instantly. Both in pcbnew and cvpcb.

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

When did this work?

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

On archlinux for me, it will update when I hover the mouse over the 3D viewer windows. I use the i3 window manager if.

Application: pcbnew
Version: (2017-03-07 revision eedf7cb24)-master, debug build
Libraries: wxWidgets 3.0.2
           libcurl/7.52.1 OpenSSL/1.0.2k zlib/1.2.11 libpsl/0.16.1 (+libicu/58.2) libssh2/1.8.0
Platform: Linux 4.9.6-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
- Build Info -
wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
Boost: 1.63.0
Curl: 7.52.1
KiCad - Compiler: GCC 6.3.1 with C++ ABI 1010
        Settings: USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
                  USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
                  KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
                  BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
                  KICAD_USE_OCE=ON

[firewalker (firew4lker)]

Hovering doesn;t do it for me. 3d-viewer must take focus, or zooming in-out above it, even without focus.

I don;t know when it stopped to work properly, but it doesn't work with revision fb104a111 (23/01/2017, the oldest build I have kept).

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

Yeah, it may be more correct to say that it needs focus. Hovering over a window in i3 makes it focus.

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

Works fine on Mac. GTK-specific?

[Seth Hillbrand (sethh)]

I cannot reproduce on debian.

I notice firewalker is using i686. Maybe it's a 32-bit thing? Does anyone have a 32-bit linux build to test?

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/1839