How do I choose the right footprint?

Is this related to this bug:

In the screencapture video I posted there you can see that the preview is not always updated when it should be.
https://kicad-info.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/2X/5/5737f136776b4a809dc59dd7171bfca83dd8325d.mkv