Locate and jump to component location?

Schematic
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I there a command or shortcut to jump directly to a particular component? (in the schematic or layout)

2

I’m a bit confused now.

KiCad does have Schematic Editor / Edit / Find [Ctrl + F] but it has no option to search for Reference Designators.

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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.

3

I have to say that Ctrl-F really does locate a component and jumps right to it… BUT, this is what I get:

FIND CTRL-F RESULTS
FIND CTRL-F RESULTS696×231 5.94 KB

How can all this extra notation be made invisible again? (without closing then re-opening the editor)

4

Checkbox in Schematic Editor / View / Show Hidden Fields

What is your KiCad version? I’m guessing this is a bug in KiCad V9.

5

I should also mention I’m using v9.0.2

6

OMG! Suddenly using ^-F worked as expected the very next time. Subsequent searches only produced:

Ctrl-F - REACHED END OF SCHEMATIC

It looks like it’s supposed to work, but is buggy at the moment. Stay tuned for an update… :slightly_smiling_face:

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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 “Search hidden fields” is selected and a hit is found, all hidden fields become visible.
  • When “Search hidden fields” is clicked again, the hidden fields are immediately hidden again – or not. There seems to be some logic behind this but not quite. This also depends on hierarchical sheets. I’m not going to research this further.
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Pretty sure this is a known issue, I’m surprised you didn’t you find the previous discussion when you searched ?