Comment 6 for bug 1810863

I don't understand how pre-filtering (applying a predefined filter while you're selecting items) would be feasible. Mostly when I select items there are only one or a couple of them or there's otherwise no need for filtering. If an existing filter, which is remembered, would always be used, I would have to check checkbox items before doing even the most simple selections after I once have changed the settings for some rare case. I'd rather do extra work for those rare cases only, i.e. when I need filtering I filter, otherwise I get all items which I select.

I wouldn't oppose something nonintrusive. Like having a checkbox in the filter dialog "Use this filter automatically for future selections", and having access to that dialog in more places than just the RMB menu on top of an existing selection.

@robee: do you have real world examples? Usually there's no selection filter at all, I don't remember any application which has that. (I haven't used other ECAD programs than KiCad.)