KiCad 8 "route single track" (pressing X) doesn't start routing

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In the PCB Editor on KiCad 7 when you pressed ‘X’ while over a pad or track it would immediately start routing a track at that point. In KiCad 8, pressing ‘X’ just puts your tool into “routing mode” requiring an extra click to actually start routing.

I’m struggling to re-train my brain to remember that I have to click after pressing ‘X’ :frowning:

Is this a bug? Feature? Can either behavior be selected somehow?

-a[g

Late edit: MacOS 13.3, KiCad 8.0.0

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Unselect First hotkey selects tool in Common Preferences.

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It is unselected. I have not made any Settings changes.

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This is a bug that has already been fixed. If you don’t want to wait for 8.0.1 to be released later this week, download 8.0.1-rc2 from Downloads | KiCad EDA

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