How to view F.Mask and B.Mask in the footprint editor?

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KLC F5.1 has that silkscreen clearance must be at least the silkscreen line width or pad mask expansion, whichever is greater.

In Pcbnew I can see the pad’s solder mask expansion with layers F.Mask and B.Mask, but in the footprint editor these are not visible. How do I view F.Mask and B.Mask in the footprint editor, so as to check the silkscreen clearance?

Pad and silk in Pcbnew, with mask clearance shown, (all layers enabled).

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Pad and silk in Footprint editor, no mask clearance visible (also with all layers enabled).

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The mask layer is visible but the clearance is 0 within the footprint editor. You can temporarily set the footprints clearance to what you want to see and use this as a workaround.

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Thanks, 0.2 does it.

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