Remove Empy Field

[HUNTER]

Hello,

How do you get rid of symbol fields that are empty? I accidentally added the field Digikey Part number instead of Digikey Part Number to a symbol. Even though I’ve now fixed it the empty column is still showing up.

[nickoe]

Testing with 5.1.5, it disappears when I clear the field from all symbols in the sheet (added it to one and confirmed that it showed up and then removed it again).

Otherwise you can un-check the show checkbox for it on the left.

[HUNTER]

I’m using the 5.1.5-131-g305ed0b65 testing build.

It might have something to do with my AppData\Roaming\kicad\eeschema file. There is a section in it that says:

[SymbolFieldEditor]
[SymbolFieldEditor/Show]
Reference=1
Voltage=0
Tolerance=0
Temperature\ Coefficient\ =0
Power=0
Supplier\ Part\ Number\ 1=0
Original\ Part\ Manufacturer\ Part\ Number=0
Original\ Part\ Manufacturer=0
Original\ Part\ Digikey\ Part\ Number=0
Manufacturer\ Part\ Number=1
Manufacturer=1
Digikey\ Part\ number=1
Description=1
Color=0
\ Current\ Rating\ (Max)\ =0
Datasheet=0
Footprint=1
Value=1
\ Current\ Rating\ (Max)\ =0
Temperature\ Coefficient\ =0
Vdss\ (Max)=0
Vgs\ (Max)=0
Vgs\ (Max)\ =0
Package=0
Pinout=0
\ Current\ Rating\ (Max)\ =0
Temperature\ Coefficient\ =0
Vgs\ (Max)=0
Vgs\ (Max)\ =0
Temperature\ Coefficient\ =0
\ Current\ Rating\ (Max)\ =0
[SymbolFieldEditor/Show/Package\ ]
\ Case=0
[SymbolFieldEditor/GroupBy]
Digikey\ Part\ Number=1
Manufacturer\ Part\ Number=0

I’m going to try changing this section.
-Hunter

[nickoe]

Check Eeschema -> Preferences -> Eeschema -> Field Name Templates

[HUNTER]

There is nothing in there, but it is a cool feature I didn’t know about. I’m going to add manufacturer, manufacturer part number, digikey part number, and description because I use those fields for all of my parts.

Thanks,
-Hunter

[nickoe]

I don’t know why or how that field isnkn the eescema config file maybe someone else knows.