Migrating from eagle, selecting placed parts from list?

[pb632146]

Is there any equivalent to the Parts/Devices view in Eagle which contains all the footprints or symbols to select and focus the window on?

[jmk]

Welcome @pb632146

I think you are looking for the “Symbol Fields Table”. This is available in the Schematic Editor, from the drop-down menu in “Tools”, and also has an icon in the row across the top of the workspace (third from right, next to BOM). A hotkey is also assignable to this function.

[paulvdh]

PCB Editor / View / Show Search Panel You can select footprints here, but KiCad does not pan to them. With the t hotkey in the PCB Editor you can also fetch a footprint and attach it to the cursor without knowing it’s previous location.

Have you already discovered cross probing between the schematic and PCB editors?

Overall, KiCad is not eagle, and it works differently. Instead of searching for exact equivalents of what you used to use, you will be better of by just experimenting a bit with how things work in KiCad and adopt to it.

The link below lists some differences between eagle and KiCad. Maybe it’s getting a bit old (last updated in 2021) but most is probably still applicable.

I come from Eagle. What should i know about KiCad?

Official Documentation The getting started tutorial of the KiCad doc team is actually a tutorial that assumes you know the general process already (Ideal for users coming from a different tool). Getting Started in KiCad However, be aware that it is sadly out of date in some places but you will for sure be able to still find your way around KiCad as the changes are not that huge (the tutorial got updated where the differences were large enough to matter but some minor differences might still be …

[tama]

I recommend you try out the features described here.

Symbol Fields Table Schematic Editor | 9.0 | English | Documentation | KiCad
Assigning Footprints Schematic Editor | 9.0 | English | Documentation | KiCad
Footprint Assignmen Getting Started in KiCad | 9.0 | English | Documentation | KiCad

[pb632146]

The search panel was what I was looking for, it does pan the view too.