Hi there,
Is there a request to set a default zoom level somewhere?
I couldn’t find anything here on the forum with the search and also not on gitlab.
This is a setting available in Altium and I miss this in KiCad.
Cheers,
Hannes
As zoom-in/out is so simple with mouse wheel I can’t even imagine what for default zoom level could be useful.
KiCad does have the option to disable “Zoom to fit cross-probed items”, but that is only during cross-probing. (And I did disable this, as I did not like KiCad’s default).
When clicking on DRC errors (PCB Editor / Inspect / Design Rules Checker) KiCad only pans to the location of the violation, but does not change the zoom level (At least for me). And that is the behavior I prefer myself. I do not see how any auto zoom level would be an improvement. Sometimes you want to focus in a small area around a violation, other times you want to view more of the surroundings to see more context.
If I have a fully zoomed out PCB, there is no panning to a location because all violation are in the view.
That’s why there is a zoom option in Altium to set your personal comfort level. Because one can always zoom out of a violation region, but never into one from a farther view.
I said nothing about an “auto zoom level”.
I have read only your post and not noticed DRC in title.
There is no assignable zoom level in.
There are a number of zoom functions in the hotkeys, mostly without assigned hotkeys. Type zoom into the hotkey search function to see the list.
Probably the most suitable for your purpose is to place the cursor over the problem and repeat tapping the F1 key 'till you’re happy with the level.