A great feature of KiCad 8 is the ability to base the symbol library on a database. This enables a direct link to an ERP.
Unfortunately, the selection process when placing a symbol is quite difficult, as it is not possible to filter or at least sort within a column, or am I doing something wrong?
what are you doing exactly?
Try writing in the filter box what you are looking for, for example: 0805 10K 1%
the list should become smaller and smaller while you write, when the number of items becomes small enough, you can double click on the candidate to place it.