Schematic highlight net

[636Steve]

I have just been using the highlight net function in the schematic editor and it works well in conjunction with the pcb editor. All good.

How do you cancel the net highlighting function? I have tried pressing the esc key multiple times, clicking in empty space, but cannot get the net to un-highlight. Is this me or a bug?

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor (64-bit)

Version: (6.0.0), release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.1.5
libcurl/7.78.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.2.11

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19044), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Dec 24 2021 19:17:02
wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.76.0
OCC: 7.5.0
Curl: 7.78.0-DEV
ngspice: 35
Compiler: Visual C++ 1929 without C++ ABI

Build settings:
KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[jmk]

Hello Steve,

I click in empty space to un-highlight then Esc. to close function.
But Linux not Windows with 6.0.0

[636Steve]

@jmk

I click in empty space to un-highlight then Esc. to close function.

Just tried this and this works. It would seem if you press escape before clicking in empty space the tool cancels but not the highlight.
I would have thought the highlight should cancel when the highlight tool becomes un-selected.

[craftyjon]

@636Steve

I would have thought the highlight should cancel when the highlight tool becomes un-selected.

It does not, so that you can keep a net highlighted while you also work with other tools.

[jmk]

@636Steve

It would seem if you press escape before clicking in empty space the tool cancels but not the highlight.

Been there, done that.

@636Steve

I would have thought the highlight should cancel when the highlight tool becomes un-selected.

I thought the same, but I didn’t write the function.
Maybe someone in the know will comment.

EDIT:
I see someone in the know is very quick off the mark

[636Steve]

@craftyjon

It does not, so that you can keep a net highlighted while you also work with other tools.

Makes sense, just wasn’t obvious (to me anyway).