Symbol chooser: invisible pins blend with visible

[Janis Skujenieks]

Hi

First off you can argue that this is a feature request, but I think it is important enough to be implemented for V5.

By current KLC and as is actively done is to put NC pins invisible and inside symbol to prevent unwanted connections to them. They aren't allowed to be stacked, so for smaller symbols they are dispersed across all area. But when you use symbol chooser to select part, invisible pins are all over visible pins and you can't distinguish anything.

I would like there to be option for symbol chooser to not show invisible pins at all.

Here is a list of most pronounced examples from new library i quickly found:
Amplifier_Operational
CA3080
L272D
LM318J
LTC1151CSW (here is somewhat creative way to not obstruct visible pins)
Analog:
LF398_DIP8

[Janis Skujenieks (janis-skujenieks)]

I was thinking if disable of pin drawing is too drastic and can cause confusion, maybe at least draw visible pins on top. Now it seems invisible is always over visible.

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

I don't see any requirement to draw them anywhere but in the Symbol Editor (and of course in the schematic if "Show Hidden Pins" is set).

[KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor)]

Fixed in revision ac778bc5b4e04d292716390014914ae08eb1a769
https://git.launchpad.net/kicad/patch/?id=ac778bc5b4e04d292716390014914ae08eb1a769