I have the latest Kicad 9.02. When I turn on “Tune length of single track” or by pressing 7, I get the track measurement tool with a bullseye. However, the bullseye covers the first few digits of the track length measurements. See the image. in older versions the measurement is far enough from the bullseye that it can be seen. Is this a bug or do you guys know of any other options to continue to use the crosshairs instead of the large bullseye? Thank you.
Looks like simple bug. Please search in the bug database if this has been reported already, and if it’s not found, report it.
I think you need to post your full version info by doing the following . . .
Can you paste your version info here please, you can get it from KiCad > Help > About KiCad > Copy Version Info
I don’t get this issue on Windows 11 KiCad V9.0.2
Here it is… Its actually, 9.0.1
Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64
Version: 9.0.1, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.6
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 10.2.0
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.11.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
Platform: Windows 11 (build 26100), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: Intel, Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics, 4.6.0 - Build 32.0.101.6078
Build Info:
Date: Mar 30 2025 01:11:30
wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.86.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.11.1-DEV
ngspice: 44
Compiler: Visual C++ 1942 without C++ ABI
KICAD_IPC_API=ON
Locale:
Lang: en_US
Enc: UTF-8
Num: 1,234.5
Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)
So I upgraded to 9.0.2 and I see have the same problem. Also not visible with differential pairs either.
Application: KiCad PCB Editor x64 on x64
Version: 9.0.2, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.6
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 10.2.0
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.11.1-DEV Schannel zlib/1.3.1
Platform: Windows 11 (build 26100), 64-bit edition, 64 bit, Little endian, wxMSW
OpenGL: Intel, Intel(R) Iris(R) Xe Graphics, 4.6.0 - Build 32.0.101.6078
Build Info:
Date: May 7 2025 02:29:49
wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.86.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.11.1-DEV
ngspice: 44
Compiler: Visual C++ 1942 without C++ ABI
KICAD_IPC_API=ON
Locale:
Lang: en_US
Enc: UTF-8
Num: 1,234.5
Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)
I could not find anyting in the bug database relating to this. I have never posted before, so I will do more search and try to post it.
V9.0.1 is not good. (do note the second dot). Especially the first few bug fix releases (third number) of each mayor KiCad version release have quite a lot of bugs in it.
Can you reduce your cursor size in system settings?
I just updated to the latest “testing” version and didn’t see a problem. I investigated possibly related Windows settings but didn’t find a way to change any sizes so that it would affect. If there’s such setting it would be dependent on, for example, the computer brand and extra software which often come with with ready-made computers. I tried resolution, scale, KiCad icon size… Mouse pointer didn’t have size settings in Window 11.
Also the cursor might become too large if the display scaling is too large.
