Hi…
New on KiCAD, been using EAGLE for years… On KiCAD layout, after importing from schematic, i placed my components and manually routed tracks.
My problem is thereafter. When i want to move a track component,
the other track parts tied to it do not follow, so i have to delete them then re-do the “connecting” track parts.
Hotkey M - move,
Hotkey D - drag.
Apart from the dragging that Piotr mentioned. (Try both: d and g. They have different drag behavior).
There is no need to delete & redo. You can simple add the missing section. If tracks are co-linear, KiCad often merges them into a single longer track. But some crud will accumulate over time, this can be cleaned up with PCB Editor / Tools / Cleanup Tracks and Via’s.
FOUND MY PROBLEM !!!
I was using the “LINE” tool rather than the “TRACK” tool !!!
I am surprised seeing at your ‘lines’ GND (net identification). I thought they are only at tracks. But last time I have been using KiCad in 2024 and have never been using lines at copper layer. May be lines can also have net (since some KiCad version).
How did you routed with lines? When you start routing (hotkey x) tracks are used, I think.
This was introduced in KiCad V8. Graphic objects can now have net names and be an “official” part of conductive copper. When you start a line from a pad (with [Ctrl + Shift + L]** it automatically gets the net name from that pad, very similar to laying tracks.
And, as we see, can confuse beginner and be hard to notice by us.
Well, using .“lines”, i didn’t pay much attention to the nets…
With “Tracks” i have no other choice but to respect them…
