Move components when pressing in M

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I used KiCAD 9.2 PCB, How do I move a group of components together? I did holding down Alt key while click, then press M, the components ware not moving,
Please help.

thanks

George

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I don’t have V9 yet.

In V8 you rectangle select footprints set and then M to move.
You can add/subtract footprint from selection by Ctrl+click.
It doesn’t work in V9?

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There is no KiCad V9.2, and there very likely never will be one. Please do try to spell KiCad’s version numbers correctly. (A remark I make around 10 times a week).

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M key is working, But, How do I select the component or a Group of component together??
Thanks
George

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M key is working on KiCad PCB ver 9.02, How to I pickup or select a component or Group (components), so I can move up??
Thanks
George

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According to what I know paulvdh (like me) is still using V8 so if what I have written about V8 doesn’t work in V9 than someone else have to help.

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Works in 9.0.2. Rectangular selection, ‘M’, moves…

Version info:


Version: 9.0.2, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.6
	FreeType 2.13.3
	HarfBuzz 10.2.0
	FontConfig 2.15.0
	libcurl/8.11.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1

Platform: Windows 11 (build 26100), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
	Date: May  7 2025 02:29:49
	wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
	Boost: 1.86.0
	OCC: 7.8.1
	Curl: 8.11.1-DEV
	ngspice: 44
	Compiler: Visual C++ 1942 without C++ ABI
	KICAD_IPC_API=ON

Locale: 
	Lang: de_AT
	Enc: UTF-8
	Num: 1 234,5
	Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)
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@GChew Btw, it’s all in the documentation. Of course it is more economic to let others work instead of doing the reading by oneself, right :slight_smile: ? No harm meant though.

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and schematic example…