Page Layout Editor, adding line dialog

KiCAD 5.1.10 on Win 10. I would consider this a minor bug as it tripped me up momentarily. The add line dialog has start coordinates and end coordinates for the line, but the X and Y order is swapped. See the below screenshot, I highlighted the dialog box titles.

I personally would put X first and then Y (but I would also start my coordinate system origin in the lower left :grin:). Just being consistent, though, would be nice.

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The Page Layout Editor from KiCad V5 and older is one of the parts that had received the least amount of attention from KiCad developers.

In KiCad-nightly V5.99 it has also received some updates (haven’t tested it myself much). But if you want to draw a line for example, it just changes your cursor so you can start pointing at line coordinates, instead of a popup such as you’ve shown.

So it’s already fixed, and you just have to wait for KiCad V6.

Coordinates have also received several improvements. in KiCad-nightly V5.99 you can both set the origin and the direction of your coordinate system. This is just visual though as far as I know. The “real” coordinates as used in the file formats have not changed (and will not change) as far as I know.

Thank you so much for taking time to reply. I appreciate the information!

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