Can select items on hidden layer

[captain_morgan]

Unsure if this is a bug or feature request.

I personally would expect items on a hidden layer to be non-selectable.

Present workflow for doing major edit to board outline.

* Hide all layers
* Check Edge.Cuts to show
* Click-Drag to select board outline I wish to delete

Expected behavior: Only visible board outlines are selected
Actual behavior: Components that are currently hidden are also selected.

Additional notes:
If this is not considered a bug, then at least the behavior is inconsistent as components are the only thing selected; tracks, zones, vias, etc are not.

[captain_morgan (morganrallen)]

I realized I've made a mistake in how this behavior works and that I needed to uncheck Footprints in the 'Items' tab. But this still highlights the behavior is inconsistent in that tracks, vias and other items are not selected when hidden but footprints are.

[eelik (eelik)]

This doesn't seem to happen with latest code. Has this been fixed on purpose or as a side-effect?

Application: kicad
Version: (6.0.0-rc1-dev-1447-gad07b4a25-dirty), release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
Platform: Linux 4.15.0-43-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.22
    Boost: 1.65.1
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 with C++ ABI 1011

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=OFF
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=OFF

[Jeff Young (jeyjey)]

I seem to remember someone fixing it, but I can't remember the specifics.