How to stretch a wire in Schematic?

Schematic
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Coming over from Altium Designer. This should be simple but I am not sure what I might be missing.

I have a wire, a net, in schematic. I need to grab one end and pull it over to make a connection. Stretch it, if you will.

The default behavior is to add another wire segment. While this might seem OK, the wire in question has a different thickness (0.25 mm) and color (orange) than the default. Which means I have to then manually edit the newly added segment to match the desired format. If I could just grab the end of the wire and stretch it a few centimeters while keeping the preset properties, that would do it.

Is this possible?

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You can hover over the end you’re trying to extend and press “M” (Move) or “G” (Grab/draG). Either will work in this case.

edit: this only works if you want to make the wire longer in the same direction it’s already going. If you want to add a corner / change direction, this won’t help you.

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another approach: copy the existing wire and paste it 1cm more to the right/left (in the direction you want to extend it).

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Right-click on the wire end, select “Drag” and just do it.

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My mistake was that I was clicking on the wire to select it and have the endpoint handles display. At that point all KiCAD wants to do is add to the wire, extend it. Hovering without selecting and using M or G works just fine.

Thanks.

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