Forcing the position of field texts

[LucaP]

Hi,

I’m trying to learn KiCad and have a small question about the position of field texts.

I have created a symbol that looks like the one on the left below.

The purple texts are based on symbol fields I created that are ment to be changed when putting this symbol into a schematic. However, when I put this symbol into a schematic then all the text get’s put to the right side of the symbol, like the right example below.

Is there a way to force the position of these labels to automatically be where I put them in the symbol editor?

[paulvdh]

Short answer: Yes.

Longer answer: Schematic Editor / Preferences / Preferences / Schematic Editor / Editing Options / symbol field Automatic Placement / [ ] Automatically place symbol fields