The Selection Filter option does not appear in the View → Panels user menu. I can turn on the Selection Filter panel by enabling the Hierarchy panel, which displays both, then close Hierarchy, and I’m left with Selection Filter as desired.
Version information below.
-Chris
MacBook Pro 16 in 2021, Apple M1 processor, macOS 15.3.1 Sequoia
Application: KiCad Schematic Editor arm64 on arm64
Version: 9.0.0-rc3, release build
Libraries:
wxWidgets 3.2.6
FreeType 2.13.3
HarfBuzz 10.2.0
FontConfig 2.15.0
libcurl/8.7.1 (SecureTransport) LibreSSL/3.3.6 zlib/1.2.12 nghttp2/1.63.0
Platform: macOS Sequoia Version 15.3.1 (Build 24D70), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
OpenGL: Apple, Apple M1 Pro, 2.1 Metal - 89.3
Build Info:
Date: Feb 7 2025 18:04:52
wxWidgets: 3.2.6 (wchar_t,wx containers)
Boost: 1.87.0
OCC: 7.8.1
Curl: 8.7.1
ngspice: 44
Compiler: Clang 16.0.0 with C++ ABI 1002
KICAD_IPC_API=ON
Hello,
Your very first sentence is as designed as far as i can tell.
The second may be a bug though, maybe macOS/arm related.
(That does not seem to reproduce on win11 or Debian.)
If you can try with a more recent nightly build and also in case there are no other panels shown in the left side of the window, please report with a new issue on GitLab.
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It is not currently implemented to have the selection filter alone, without either the hierarchy or properties panels.
Understood. I didn’t understand the intention. In my usage, the selection filter is something I’d like to have displayed almost permanently, and only open the Hierarchy or Properties views as needed. But as currently designed, it takes up a lot of screen real estate (horizontally), so I will be toggling it on and off.
Let me ask … will there ever be layers concept in schematics like with PCB editor (I’ve often wished for such a feature myself)? If so, I’d like to suggest that the selection filter panel be located there, like it is on the PCB editor. That way, it’s more quickly accessed without opening a second side window.
I’ve had to struggle with a couple of PCB designs years back done in PADS (it’s very common here in South Korea for some reason). As I recall, in PADS there was a selection filter available from the right-click menu. I don’t know if this makes sense with KiCad’s UX design, but thought I’d toss that out there while discussing the selection panel.
@Aris_Kimi I didn’t build the RC3 myself. I just downloaded the prebuilt DMG. In order to test the tip of the tree as you suggest, I’d have to pull and compile myself? Or are prebuilt binaries also available? I’m not afraid of building it, but I’m a bit busy with projects this week.