Select connection Alt 4 does not work. Solved

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I have a PCB project from 26.5.2023 open in the Schematic editor. With the V7.08 KiCad it selects only one part of the connection. See the picture below. And by the way, I don’t remember connecting pins cleanly as difficult as in this version. I am pretty sure this whole project was OK, when we ordered PCB as got working boards.
The selection does not go into the PCB editor, either.

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Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64

Version: 7.0.8, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.2
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 6.0.0
FontConfig 2.14.1
libcurl/7.88.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.2.13

Platform: Windows 10 (build 19045), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW

Build Info:
Date: Sep 29 2023 18:44:47
wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.81.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 7.88.1-DEV
ngspice: 41
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON

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I think this is (and was) the standard behaviour:

  • selecting nets with “ALT+4” (select connection) selects only the direct connected wires.
  • for selected nets there is no direct cross-selection between schematic <–> pcb

But you can use highlighting:

  • highlighting nets works on all wires belonging to the same net (even those connected with labels, and even those which are on different subsheets)
  • cross-highlightling between schematic <–> board works if these option is enabled in the global preferences
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Is it possible to highlight a net from schematic? It seems to work PCB->SCH
I hope this Highlighting has shortcut. I don’t trust KiCad, so I’ll check every net.

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Yes.

Backtick to highlight a net on Schema. then Alt + backtick to highlight to see the result on PCB.
Works both ways if the functions are enabled in the Schematic and PCB Editors > Display Options > Cross-Probing

Type Highlight into search function at the top of the hotkey list to see what is in use and available for hotkey assignment.

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