Disabling “PCB Always show crosshairs” causes a bug where the preview on the right side of the Footprint Chooser does not display any content when selecting packages for symbols in the schematic editor.
This bug occurs in versions 9.0.2 to 9.0.3.
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This is my Kicad version:
Application: KiCad PCB Editor x86_64 on x86_64
Version: 9.0.3-9.0.3-0~ubuntu22.04.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.1
FreeType 2.11.1
HarfBuzz 2.7.4
FontConfig 2.13.1
libcurl/7.81.0 OpenSSL/3.0.2 zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.4.8 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.2) libssh/0.9.6/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.43.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.19
Platform: Linux Mint 21.3, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, cinnamon, x11
OpenGL: Mesa, NV106, 4.3 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.3
Build Info:
Date: Jul 8 2025 13:03:32
wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
Boost: 1.74.0
OCC: 7.5.1
Curl: 7.81.0
ngspice: 43
Compiler: GCC 11.4.0 with C++ ABI 1016
KICAD_IPC_API=ON
Locale:
Lang: en_AU
Enc: UTF-8
Num: 1,234.5
Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)
My KiCad is version 9.0.3, Windows x86 edition, and it is already the latest version.
What’s your GPU and GPU driver version?
If you have multiple GPUs, the full KiCad version info would reveal which one KiCad uses (after you’ve opened a schematic or PCB editor).
I just noticed that the thread title refers to the Schematic Editor when it should refer to the PCB Editor.
Selecting Symbols in the Symbol Editor works perfectly.
Here is the link to the bug report:
https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/21322
