Feature Request Chat

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
This is not actually the place to do a feature request. ;) This is a user forum that is sometimes visited by developers. Feature requests are not ‘official’ until you put them here. https://launchpad.net/kicad You must have an account to add a feature request. Feel free to d…	14	2544	January 30, 2019
About the Feature Request Chat category	0	2087	April 30, 2017
Correct footprint rotation in POS-file for streamline production	6	130	December 5, 2025
Netclass Assignments	5	147	November 28, 2025
Feature Request: Word Wrap for Text Boxes	2	107	September 30, 2025
Suggestion: Convert any object into drill holes (like CAM350 “Flash to Drill”)	2	208	December 8, 2025
Viewing Board Symbols and Footprints as Libraries in Symbol and Footprint Editors	3	286	October 13, 2025
Offset line border / copper ground pour possible?	17	650	September 2, 2025
Enable OK and Cancel keyboard shortcuts	6	667	July 31, 2025
Virtually-Linked Footprint Pads	4	536	July 14, 2025
Feature request : Contitionnal exclusion of components	5	599	July 14, 2025
Feature Request: Ribbon Menu	108	3133	February 13, 2025
KiCAD on iPad Pro	5	1809	July 7, 2025
Request: Filled zones with boundary clearance	3	391	July 1, 2025
Documentation organisation on docs.kicad.org v9_0	5	751	June 25, 2025
Feature Request (easy one) - Text thickness	19	1185	June 11, 2025
Selectable origin in ODB++ output	3	455	June 6, 2025
Hide panel side button?	2	356	June 5, 2025
You know what would be nice? (Regarding hidden pins)	6	527	June 3, 2025
Feature Request: plated holes which aren't just circles	6	510	May 21, 2025
Feature Request: Option for zones to have clearance from the outline	4	373	May 21, 2025
Custom DRC to exclude some solder mask bridge violations	3	539	May 19, 2025
Schematic draw order	9	525	May 13, 2025
Various GUI improvements	5	682	May 11, 2025
KiCad schematic defaults very hard to see on screen and printed out	8	652	May 9, 2025
Will Design Blocks be supported by the Package and Content Manager in V9?	1	530	May 1, 2025
Mixed footprint/component type?	17	859	April 17, 2025
Display actual micro via pad diameter	6	593	March 20, 2025
Limit gap size in hatched copper	1	368	March 19, 2025
Array tool Reference designators options	4	603	February 12, 2025

This is not actually the place to do a feature request. ;)

This is a user forum that is sometimes visited by developers. Feature requests are not ‘official’ until you put them here. https://launchpad.net/kicad You must have an account to add a feature request. Feel free to d…