Comment 5 for bug 1735455

@Art

I think Jeff's suggestion is actually what you are expecting, just try it. In the Footprint Properties dialog, there is a button named 'Edit *Library* Footprint...' which will let you edit the a library footprint rather than a particular instance on the board. There is no browsing through libraries, you simply get the corresponding footprint opened from a library.

Are you asking for a dedicated hotkey or a right-click context menu entry for this function?