Symbol Pin or Wire end off grid

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I have been using KiCad for quite a while now and understand not to futz with the grid settings on the schematic sheet, so I never have. However I’ve done something stupid because now all of my schematics that use to pass ERC are now failing with 100’s of “Symbol Pin or Wire end off grid” warnings. Any ideas what I might have done to cause this and how I can get back to normal?

I’m running

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor arm64 on arm64

Version: 7.0.7, release build

Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.2
FreeType 2.13.0
HarfBuzz 7.3.0
FontConfig 2.14.2
libcurl/8.4.0 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6 zlib/1.2.12 nghttp2/1.55.1

Platform: macOS Version 14.2.1 (Build 23C71), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac

Build Info:
Date: Aug 14 2023 15:11:18
wxWidgets: 3.2.2 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.82.0
OCC: 7.7.0
Curl: 7.77.0
ngspice: 38
Compiler: Clang 13.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
KICAD_SPICE=ON

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To get back to normal, use your mouse to block select the whole of the schematic, then right mouse button anywhere, and select “align elements to grid”.

A very common reason for this problem is miss-keying the M and pressing N instead. N changes the grid in schematic.

Edit by Paulvdh: Before the Align Elements to Grid, make sure the grid is set to a proper value (50mil, aka 1.27mm is usually the best)

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@jmk Awesome, that worked. Thank you!

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