Hello everyone, I locked my PCB by mistake, my wireless keyboard fell and since then, I do not know what combination of keys, my PCB is locked!
I tried the following manipulation: Ctrl + A then right click:
But it does not work, when I try to select a component or track it does not select anything. I also tried “L” and “U” without success. Any idea ?
Thanks.
Fortunately with V6 of Kicad there are backups of your work, so I was able to recover a PCB before the problem. But I would like to have an answer anyway on the fact that we can lock a PCB … Thank you.
Euhm, are you aware that the locking is a per item base?
You first have to make a selection, and then the (un-) locking feature works on the selection.
me or the OP?
The issue I always run into is I lock via’s, especially around BGA’s and critical components. A simple rectangle selection just isn’t good enough. Now v5.99/v6 does has the filter option on locking making this less frustrating
I do not use the locking function much myself. I do find it a bit annoying that it could only be toggled in V5, but in V5.99 it has been improved and it can actually be turned on or off for a selection.
For most things I prefer the ineractive router to shove things around to make room for the more important stuff I’m working on at that moment. (Long ago I had some troubles with mentally adjusting to how the Interactive Router works, but I embraced it after my adjustment period and am now quite happy with it)
A thing still missing though is visual feedback for items that are locked.
About the filter…
When locked items are excluded from the filter you can drag a box around the whole PCB, and locked items do not get selected, which gives visual feedback.
However, when I press [Ctrl + a] ( In V5.99) then everything gets selected, even the locked items and even if those are turned off in the filter. Is this a bug or a feature?