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[Maciej Sumiński <maciej.suminski@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jon,

It seems there is no patch attached to this message. I realize it is
better to hide invisible pins when they obscure the view, but I wonder
whether the user should be at least aware of their presence.

In case a symbol does not follow the KLC and has invisible pins exposed,
then it can easily create an unwanted connection. In my opinion such
symbol is badly designed and should not really occur, but I am just
giving an idea of what may go wrong. Perhaps we should have an ERC rule
that warns about invisible pins being connected to a wire, any thoughts?

Regards,
Orson

On 01/11/2018 05:10 AM, Jon Evans wrote:
> Implemented an override flag that makes it possible to turn off invisible
> pin rendering outside of the EDA_DRAW_FRAME.
> 
> Fixes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1742485
> 
> IMHO this is a bug, not a feature request, because the invisible pins
> clutter the view in the preview pane of the component chooser and are not
> necessary.
> 
> -Jon
> 
> 
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