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Footprint Editor: Show area of selected pads in status bar

Description

  • For calculating paste coverage, knowing the area (in mm²) of pads would be helpful
  • Currently, when selecting multiple pads, the status bar shows the number of selected items
  • It would be nice if if shows the common properties (all are pads, all are on the same layer)
  • Additional, the area should be calculated and shown (Area: 4.2mm²)

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Schematic Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 8.0.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.4
	FreeType 2.13.2
	HarfBuzz 8.1.1
	FontConfig 2.15.0
	libcurl/8.6.0-DEV OpenSSL/3.1.5 zlib/1.3.1 libidn2/2.3.4 libpsl/0.21.2 nghttp2/1.58.0

Platform: Freedesktop SDK 23.08 (Flatpak runtime), 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, KDE, wayland

Build Info:
	Date: Mar 14 2024 14:27:53
	wxWidgets: 3.2.4 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.84.0
	OCC: 7.7.2
	Curl: 8.5.0-DEV
	ngspice: 42
	Compiler: GCC 13.2.0 with C++ ABI 1018

Build settings: