New v8 Search / Filter box limits part discovery about sparkfun-kicad-libraries HOT 6 CLOSED

@nseidle : are you on 8.0.0 or 8.0.1? I think it is behaving correctly for me in 8.0.1? But my libraries are still in v7 format...

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Interesting. I'm on 8.0.1. I haven't converted or re-saved any lib (still in v7). I just did the standard adding of KiCad libraries to the end of the defaults:

How are you installing things?

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Here's what I see in 8.0.1:

In the schematic editor:

In the symbol editor:

Ah. Interesting. Searching for "sparkfun" doesn't find the PowerSymbol symbols. With no filter, it's there:

Add "sparkfun" as the filter and it's not there:

Everything goes weirdly non-alphabetic too:

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MicroMod is missing too. I think this only applies to MicroMod and PowerSymbols? Ah, MicroMod doesn't contain any symbols.

How am I installing things? With Preferences \ Manage Symbol Libraries. I use the folder button to add them all in one go:

Same for the footprint editor. Preferences \ Manage Footprint Libraries and the folder button:

Oh... Is it because PowerSymbols doesn't reference any SparkFun footprints? If it did, it would find them...

I'm with you on adding SparkFun to the Keywords. Sounds like a job for Reg Ex... Watch this space...

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OK. That's better:

PR is here

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I added keywords to the footprints.

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