Schematic Editor - Editing Reference Fields numbers

Schematic
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I’m not sure what this feature is called but I could swear a few months ago when editing for example the reference value for a capacitor, if you clicked on the reference number and press E you could just type in the new number without overwiting the C letter reference.

Now if I have say C1, click on C1, press E, type 2.
The new reference becomes 2.

Previously click on C1, press E, type 2.
New reference becomes C2

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Is this some option I have set, or a bug in 7.0.8?

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 7.0.8-7.0.8~ubuntu23.04.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.2
	FreeType 2.12.1
	HarfBuzz 6.0.0
	FontConfig 2.14.1
	libcurl/7.88.1 OpenSSL/3.0.8 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.4 libidn2/2.3.3 libpsl/0.21.2 (+libidn2/2.3.3) libssh/0.10.4/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.52.0 librtmp/2.3

Platform: Ubuntu 23.04, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, ubuntu, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Sep 30 2023 13:54:00
	wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.74.0
	OCC: 7.6.3
	Curl: 7.88.1
	ngspice: 38
	Compiler: GCC 12.3.0 with C++ ABI 1017

Build settings:
	KICAD_SPICE=ON
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You don’t even have to click on it first. Just move the mouse over the text and pressing e already works.

That is indeed the normal way in KiCad. It’s one of those (many) things that are maybe a bit unusual, but make KiCad a joy to use. When I press e only the number is selected:

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I went though KiCad’s preferences and I did not see anything to set this behavior.

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 7.0.8-7.0.8~ubuntu20.04.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.2
	FreeType 2.10.1
	HarfBuzz 6.0.0
	FontConfig 2.13.1
	libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3

Platform: Linux Mint 20.3, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, xfce, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Sep 30 2023 13:54:09
	wxWidgets: 3.2.1 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.71.0
	OCC: 7.5.2
	Curl: 7.88.1
	ngspice: 38
	Compiler: GCC 9.4.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
	KICAD_SPICE=ON
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Good to know about the not needing to click. Didn’t know about that.

Maybe it’s a bug. Have been pressing e on all my components and the whole reference is highlighted.

I can get it to work about 1/20 times.

I’ll raise a bug - if I hover my mouse over C1 and press e and esc contininiously I get about a 10% success raise.

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