I there a command or shortcut to jump directly to a particular component? (in the schematic or layout)
Iām a bit confused now.
KiCad does have Schematic Editor / Edit / Find [Ctrl + F] but it has no option to search for Reference Designators.
I also did a quick search in: Schematic Editor / Preferences / Preferences / Hotkeys but that did not help. Even a search for a pin number or name did not work (Using KiCad V8.0.9) while pin names and numbers is active.
I have to say that Ctrl-F really does locate a component and jumps right to itā¦ BUT, this is what I get:
How can all this extra notation be made invisible again? (without closing then re-opening the editor)
Checkbox in Schematic Editor / View / Show Hidden Fields
What is your KiCad version? Iām guessing this is a bug in KiCad V9.
I should also mention Iām using v9.0.2
OMG! Suddenly using ^-F worked as expected the very next time. Subsequent searches only produced:
It looks like itās supposed to work, but is buggy at the moment. Stay tuned for an updateā¦ 
I happen to have a non-updated 9.0.0RC here. It behaves almost as expected:
- Reference designators are found always, without a tickbox.
- Pin names/numbers and hidden fields must be selected with a tickbox if you want to search for them.
- If āSearch hidden fieldsā is selected and a hit is found, all hidden fields become visible.
- When āSearch hidden fieldsā is clicked again, the hidden fields are immediately hidden again ā or not. There seems to be some logic behind this but not quite. This also depends on hierarchical sheets. Iām not going to research this further.
Pretty sure this is a known issue, Iām surprised you didnāt you find the previous discussion when you searched ?
paulvdh: Yes, this is definitely a bug associated with using the Find, Ctrl-F, function. I thoroughly searched for āturn part fields on/offā, but, of course, I couldnāt make the fields turn back off no matter whatever I configured due to this being a bug. Finally discovered closing Kicad entirely, not just the schematic editor, and then reopening the schematic made those fields invisible again. I was fooled by not having the fields reset just by closing/reopening the one editor.
Finally zeroed in on just what I did to triggers the display bug: Enabling the Whole word only checkbox!
Find really can search for a refdes, at least in v9.0.2
You can also try the Search panel (Ctrl+G by default).
The hidden field visibility bug is fixed and will be in 9.0.3 (already available in testing): Hidden fields remain visible after search and cannot be hidden again (#20865) Ā· Issues Ā· KiCad / KiCad Source Code / kicad Ā· GitLab.
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I now think that the second and later searches cause the Reached end of schematic warning to appear whether or not the Search hidden fields is checked. That option doesnāt seem to affect the ability to find a reference designator on the first Find and doesnāt cause the hidden fields to suddenly appear. While the warning pop-up always shows on the second and later Find attempts, making the hidden fields appear seems to be random.
This is the thread I had in mind . . .
Iām using v9.0.2 which still has this problem. The description text appears when the second Ctrl-F is done and will only go away by closing then reopening the schematic.
This is probably not the best solution, but I live with this bug by making the description text fully transparent. They can still be read, in a fashion, by selecting/highlighting the component. This makes the description reappear in the bolded, highlighted font which is difficult to read.
Shouldnāt be too long to wait hopefully. 