Show through-hole pads without top/bottom layers

[Andrea_Simeoni]

Here the view of my board with layers Top, F.SilkS enabled and flag Items > Through Hole Pads checked.

For documentation purposes I want to show the Though Hole Pads, and their numbers/names inside but without the Top (or Bottom) layers.

If I hide them, the Pads also disappear, even if the Items > Through Hole Pads is still checked.

[der.ule]

Always state which version are you using, otherwise it will mostly always be the first question asked.

I hide X.Cu and X.SilkS on a board of mine, and it shows THT holes fine as it does pads too (vias get hidden though).

Application: Pcbnew
Version: (5.1.8)-1, release build
Libraries:
    wxWidgets 3.0.5
    libcurl/7.71.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1g (Schannel) zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.9.0 nghttp2/1.41.0
Platform: Windows 8 (build 9200), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
Build Info:
    wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
    Boost: 1.73.0
    OpenCASCADE Community Edition: 6.9.1
    Curl: 7.71.0
    Compiler: GCC 10.2.0 with C++ ABI 1014

Build settings:
    USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
    USE_WX_OVERLAY=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_PYTHON3=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=ON
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON_PHOENIX=OFF
    KICAD_SCRIPTING_ACTION_MENU=ON
    BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCE=ON
    KICAD_USE_OCC=OFF
    KICAD_SPICE=ON

[Andrea_Simeoni]

Sorry, latest stable: v5.1.9

Anyway, the trick is to enable the F.Mask layer. Is this one that makes them visible again.

[der.ule]

Yep, it behaves the same on my version.