I’m not sure what caused this today - I did some file/system cleaning in prep for end-of-year backup. But, when I booted Kicad and opened an existing project this morning, I got Symbol and Footprint error messages galore…
This has happened several times in the past and I made some notes about fixing it for my preferred organization of the lib’s (symbols, footprints, etc).
The fix results in having all of the Symbol and Footprint folders ‘Closed’ by default in the panels.
The ‘fix’ does come with the downside of Activating/Showing all Symbol and Footprint folders. I prefer not having all of them listed (many that I will never use).
It’s easy to reset Hiding/Visibility, though.
This somewhat also relates to another @lens42 User’s post so, I include a ‘tip’ related to that post.
The Fix option’s:
• Delete the ‘fp-lib-table’ and ‘sym-lib-table’ from the Project Folder
• Delete the ‘fp-lib-table’ and ‘sym-lib-table’ from the Kicad-Preference’s Folder
Listing the Folders (footprints and symbols):
‘Preferences-Manage-Symbol and Footprint Lib’
On my system, the default is to have the some Columns Closed. To show them (thus, the content’s) - Right-Click the Column-Label field and set as desired…
Of course this/these may or may-not help other’s but, it works for me…
see Screenshot
