Silkscreen layer went dim and no longer selectable

[teletypeguy]

I have never seen this before: just clicking and dragging stuff around and then the silkscreen layer went from normal bright yellow to dim barely-visible and not selectable. Some visibility thing I inadvertently changed? Restart did not help.

Application: KiCad x64 on x64

Version: 7.0.10, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.4
FreeType 2.12.1
HarfBuzz 8.2.1
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.4.0-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3

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

Build Info:
Date: Dec 28 2023 21:18:15
wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.83.0
OCC: 7.7.1
Curl: 8.4.0-DEV
ngspice: 41
Compiler: Visual C++ 1936 without C++ ABI

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON

[JohnRob]

Not sure about dim, however selection can be controlled by the selection filter in the lower right corner.

[Claudio.Lorini]

maybe this?

[teletypeguy]

Hah. I found it – not selection filter but layer display options above that:

But how did it get triggered as I was editing?

[teletypeguy]

Oh yeah that button controls dim. Never used it before.

At least I am back to work now.

thanks guys

[RaptorUK]

@teletypeguy

But how did it get triggered as I was editing?

H is the shortcut key . . . maybe you pressed it by accident.

[teletypeguy]

Ahh, quite possible. Now I need to start a rant about the stinkin’ H key

[RaptorUK]

H is actually quite useful, press it 3 times to step through it’s options.