Robert,
I have found that the search feature of this group works pretty well.
The advantage of using it is that I can then post my message in the
context of the discussion thread to which my posting is related.
The "all items under the mouse" feature is indeed coded and has been
for about a month.
See here for latest (executable only) builds:
http://kicad.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
(inside the yellow box, thanks to Milan!)
Or if you want up to the minute lastest, you can always check out the
code from svn and build a latest version for yourself.
All of these "pre-release" snapshots are developmental, meaning they
may not work from time to time, but I think at this very moment
everything is working that I know of.
Regards,
Dick