PIN names hidden by rectangle background

[patrick54]

Hi,

First of all, I have to say that I am very new to PCB design, and I am learning to use KiCad (version 7.0) with the help of the videos from Contextual Electronics.

So I created a new symbol, that looks like this:

So far so good, but if I set a background to the rectangle, the pin names are hidden, and I did not find a way to make them appear again:

How could I see the pin names inside the rectangle?

[retiredfeline]

Filling a rectangle obscures text within

I have made this symbol (Kicad 7.0.0-0): [OriginalSym] I’d like to fill the rectangle with color, but when I do so, the text within is obscured. [FilledRect] Note that it doesn’t seem to be all text… If I add a new rectangle, just as a test, some of the text is overlaid on top (as expected) but not the text belonging to the pins. [ExtraFilledRect] I expected to find something like a ‘move to bottom’ command or property on the rectangle. Am I missing it? (btw: changing the color’s opacit…

[patrick54]

Thanks for pointing me to this thread, it seems I did not use the correct keywords when I searched.

The option “fill with background color” solved my issue, I can go on with the training

Thanks again, and have a nice day.