A couple of new preference settings were added recently in pcbnew (under editing options-> miscellaneaous).
- Refill zones after Zone Properties dialog. (Default: enabled) When enabled, zones get refilled after changing any settings in the zone properties dialog. Disabling this setting can be useful if you prefer to change multiple zone settings and then refilling all zones (since refilling takes a bit of time).
- Allow free pads. (Default: disabled). When enabled, pads can be moved with respect to the rest of the footprint (same behaviour as prior to the change). This defaults to disabled in order to align to what other commercial EDA tools do: you cannot move a pad at all unless you edit the footprint in the library. Some users might still prefer the previous behaviour which is why this option was created.
Note the “Allow free pads” option might not yet have made the cut to the latest nightly.
If you have questions / comments on these new settings, please open a new topic and tag me @Qbort in it 