Cannot add a track, it just dissapears + zoom issue (mac)

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I’m learning KiCad, a great tool, but I’m struggling with a very simple task - when trying to add a track it just disappears.

This is how it looks like: https://youtu.be/ehJSCMeC6GM

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What KiCAD version are you using?
What’s canvas are you using (opengl or legacy)?

And most importantly what is the version of your operating system?

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Version 2017-01-16 revision aea9163 on macOS Sierra.

I didn’t realize that I used legacy canvas, switched to OpenGL and it looks much better and I think I found the root cause of the issue on the video - the track cannot be added because it goes through the hole/pin of the component. If I route it around the component - everything is OK.

Got another issue - sometimes I just cannot close PCBnew window, red x close button just doesn’t work.

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You should make a new topic for that. (A lot of people just read the topic title and deside based on that if they can help.)
I’m on linux so i can’t help here.
But you could observe what else is open at the time when you can’t close. Maybe there is a dialog in the background.
I noticed that you can’t do anything in any kicad window if one of them has a dialog open.

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