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Hotkey for showing/hiding filling in zones

Asked by Felix Pflaum

As a new KiCad user I would like to ask for the following feature to be implemented if possible.

My PCBs typically contain a GND-plane on top and bottom layer. While routing other nets I like to work with the option "Do not show filled areas in zones" to have a clear view of tracks on top and bottom layer simultaneously as well as not being confused by GND-airwires.

My wish would be a hotkey to switch from filled mode to not filled mode, i.e. Alt+B, and to be able to go back to freshly refilled zones by pressing B.

In my opinion this could be quite a useful feature.

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Maciej Suminski (orsonmmz) said : 		#1

Hi Felix,

Normally one can use 'B' for refilling zones and Ctrl+B for stashing, at least in the nightly (testing) builds. You can list all hot keys by pressing '?', there can verify if these are the right key combinations.

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Felix Pflaum (fixxl) said : 		#2

The "problem" with Ctrl+B is, that it immediately brings back GND-airwires, "Do not show filled areas in zones" does not bring them back.

Therefore it would be great to have a choice between "stashing with GND-airwires displayed" (Ctrl+B) and "stashing with GND-airwires hidden" (Alt+B, as I would suggest). The latter can only be achieved by clicking the "Do not show filled areas in zones"-button in the left column at the moment.

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