I have created several coopper zones.
Do you have a list for this item?
altium → Polygon Pour Manager /// Do you have a similar feature?
Do you have a list for this item?
currently not.
That would certainly look like a handy tool.
In KiCad most of the equivalent settings are found when right-klicking the zone and choose Properties, but it is only for one zone at the time.
For example organizing priority levels would be easier if all zones were in one list.
Does anyone know if it has been proposed as a wishlist item for KiCad?
At first thought it seems it would be that much of the framework is already present in zone properties, but the interface for accessing the zones all in one window would need to be added.
Would it make sense to link to the above screenshot as inspiration / referens for the feature request?
Why not. If a feature in a competitor is easy to use and powerful, it may be worth looking at, even when it would be different in KiCad.
That feature request is quite different from my interpretation of the request in this post. That feature request is just for a drop down menu to select a named zone.
This request is more like an equivalent like Schematic Editor / Tools / Edit symbol Fields, but for zone properties, and it would allow for quick comparisons (and copy) of selected zone properties. I quite like the idea of that.
IMHO, I think a separate feature request, possibly referenced as an alternate and/or adjacent solution for #9636 (linked, above by @eelik), would probably work best.
It looks to me that #9636 is requesting a list in the right pane to make selecting individual zones easier. But what you seem to be requesting is a separate dialog box with the zone names and properties in a table format, similar to the “Symbol Fields Table” in EESchema or the “Pin Table” in the symbol editor.
Or, I could be mis-reading your request here. 
KiCad team has a tendency to keep the first reported issue and mark other, related issues as duplicates, even when a duplicate would describe more accurately what the plan would be. As far as I understand about this one, the developers have planned some kind of zone manager UI, not just a dropdown for choosing the name (which in any case wouldn’t work well because the name isn’t necessarily unique in KiCad).
Do you mean that there are no netclasses other than “Default”?
If so, klick the wrench to the right of “Net classes” and you will get to the part of board settings where you can add netclasses according to your preferences.
Then you can assign which nets belong to which netclasses.
What am I supposed to do here?
Where is the method for adding net classes to copper zone?
Do you have any data I can refer to?
Klick the + icon to create a new net class, give it a name and settings.
Then select the net that the copper zone belongs to, choose your net class in the drop down list under “assign net class” and klick the button “assign to selected net”.
(From memory, I might have missed something…)
No, you did not do it wrong.
You’re halfway there.
You have now created a new GNDREF net class. The next step is to assign nets to this netclass.
This can be done in at least two different ways from that same dialog.
- With the buttons in the Assign net Class section.
- By clicking on the NetClass section in the grid on the right side of the dialog, which opens a drop down list.
Those visibility/color options in Nets tab of Appearance panel are for the ratsnest only, not for actual board items. There is no way to hide only one zone and keep the others visible. You can set the common visibility of all zones in the Objects tab, or use “Show only zone boundaries” in the left hand toolbar.
You can select one zone and right click. In the context menu there should be an option to unfill the selected net. Yes, the boarders of the net will still show, but the fill will be gone. (Though a side effect is any zone-connected pads are now unconnected and will show rats nest lines.)
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