Add outlines to tracks overlapping other copper while routing

Bug #1802092 reported by eelik
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
KiCad
Fix Released
Unknown

Bug Description

It would be easier to find tracks to be edited if the tracks which are covered by pads would have outlines. It's a bit difficult to explain or illustrate, but I'll attach two screenshots and apologize for the sloppy freehand drawing. One image shows a track selected. The other shows the same track not selected, and it's impossible to see where it ends. It would be greate in routing mode to see outlines for such hidden parts of tracks, like I have drawn in that image. Basically it would be same kind of outline than in "Show tracks in outline mode" but in the same brighter color as a selected track, so that it would be visible on the pad.

(This same could be of course applied to tracks on zones and intersecting tracks/track ends.)

(Also it could be applied in "Show tracks in outline mode" even when not routing, so that wherever the track is covered it would show the outline in brighter color.)

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eelik (eelik) wrote :
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eelik (eelik) wrote :
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eelik (eelik) wrote :

It's possible to switch on/off different outline modes and also adjust opacity of pads etc. Those features help when trying to find tracks. However, the suggested feature, if implemented for tracks which overlap any other copper (tracks, zones, other tracks) would help everywhere without any actions by the user. I can't find any drawbacks in the idea, either.

summary: - Add outlines to tracks inside pads while routing
+ Add outlines to tracks overlapping other copper while routing
Changed in kicad:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
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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/2277

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