Hi there, I had exactly the same issue - and unfortunately no solution to you. In my opinion, Kicad needs plenty more shortcuts, a dedicatd one for "move designator" and "rotate designator" would be perfect.
Cheers, Heiko --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "earthysmell" <earthysm...@...> wrote: > > So far my kicad experience has been great. I've got my first board almost > finished and now its time to move the arrange the reference designators for > my closely spaced SMT components. Every time I want to move a designator I > start by right clicking and then have to specify that I want to select the > reference, then from the next menu I select reference and finally move..... > Way too slow. > > I've used other layout tools that let you chose the section mode (with a mode > for designators only) so that no clarification is needed. This allows you to > move silk around with a single click (like hitting the M key to move a > component in kicad.) > > Is there a quick way to do this?? >
