selected NPTH hole with hole-size=size visually not distingushable

Bug #1797088 reported by Thomas Pointhuber
6
This bug affects 1 person
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Unknown

Bug Description

# HowTo reproduce

1. click on NPTH pad where hole-size=size
   * example fp: Button_Switch_Keyboard:SW_Cherry_MX1A_1.00u_PCB
2. it is visually not perceptible that the pad is now selected

# Version Information

Application: kicad
Version: (6.0.0-rc1-dev-865-g7ed9ad827), debug build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.4
    libcurl/7.61.1 OpenSSL/1.1.1 zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.4) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.33.0
Platform: Linux 4.18.12-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
    Boost: 1.68.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.61.1
    Compiler: Clang 7.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

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

Tags: pcbnew
summary: - selected NPTH hole with hole=size visually not distingushable
+ selected NPTH hole with hole-size=size visually not distingushable
Revision history for this message
Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) wrote :

I never noticed this before but you are correct. When the hole size is the same as the pad size, no selection highlighting happens.

Changed in kicad:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
milestone: none → 5.1.0
Revision history for this message
Seth Hillbrand (sethh) wrote :

Not critical for 5.1, moving to 6

Changed in kicad:
milestone: 5.1.0 → 6.0.0-rc1
Revision history for this message
KiCad Janitor (kicad-janitor) wrote :

KiCad bug tracker has moved to Gitlab. This report is now available here: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/1860

Changed in kicad:
status: Triaged → Expired
Changed in kicad:
importance: Low → Unknown
status: Expired → Fix Released
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