Footprint Editor does not expand on macOS

[Brendan Simon]

On macOS Sierra 10.12.6, the workspace for the footprint library editor does not expand when a window is expanded/maximised/minimised.
(Have also noticed it with `CvPcb` too)

* open `pcbnew.app`
* open `footprint editor` from toolbar.
* try to expand window.

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Application: pcbnew
Version: (2017-10-23 revision a562525)-master, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.2
    libcurl/7.54.0 SecureTransport zlib/1.2.8
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 16.7.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.2 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.61.0
    Curl: 7.43.0
    Compiler: Clang 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Brendan Simon (brendan-simon)]

Is this likely to be related to bug #1729259 ?

https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1729259

Is there anything I can do to help resolve this?

Is it a macOS Sierra issue?

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

Have you tried a more recent version of Kicad?

It works fine for me, but there are (at least) 3 differences:
1) I've got a more recent version of Kicad
2) Mine is built on wxWidgets 3.0.3
3) I'm running High Sierra (10.13.1)

Application: kicad
Version: (2017-12-09 revision cb422e29d)-master, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.3
    libcurl/7.54.0 LibreSSL/2.0.20 zlib/1.2.11 nghttp2/1.24.0
Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 17.2.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.3 (UTF-8,STL containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.65.1
    Curl: 7.57.0
    Compiler: Clang 9.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=ON
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=OFF
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=OFF

[Brendan Simon (brendan-simon)]

KiCad v4.0.7 and snapshot versions work fine after uninstalling all wxPython 2.8/3.0 installations.

Using wxPython 4 (aka wxPhoenix) seems to have no effect, though I have only installed it with Python 3 (not 2.7). I suspect it would work ok with wxPython 4 and Python 2.7 as wxPython 4 has a better design (no wxPth hacks, and can be installed as pure wheels, etc).

There is talk to address this by bundling the python interpreter in KiCad, but that is a work in progress.

[Nick Østergaard (nickoe)]

Related https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1490762