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Group selection / entering model is slightly different between footprint and board editors

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a nested group in the board editor.
  2. Create a nested group in a footprint.

In the board editor, to enter the inner group you must first enter the outer group. In the footprint editor, you can directly enter the inner group by clicking on its component.

2025-03-26_13-13-42.mkv

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Footprint Editor x86_64 on x86_64

Version: 9.99.0-677-gcdbf71a562, debug build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.2.5
	FreeType 2.13.3
	HarfBuzz 9.0.0
	FontConfig 2.15.0

Platform: Ubuntu 24.10, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, X11, KDE, x11
OpenGL: NVIDIA Corporation, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090/PCIe/SSE2, 4.6.0 NVIDIA 570.86.16

	wxWidgets: 3.2.5 (wchar_t,wx containers) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.83.0
	OCC: 7.8.1
	Curl: 8.9.1
	ngspice: 43
	Compiler: Clang 19.1.1 with C++ ABI 1002

Build settings:
	KICAD_IPC_API=OFF
	KICAD_STDLIB_DEBUG=OFF
	KICAD_STDLIB_LIGHT_DEBUG=OFF
	KICAD_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=OFF
	KICAD_SANITIZE_THREADS=OFF

Locale: 
	Lang: en_US
	Enc: UTF-8
	Num: 1,234.5
	Encoded кΩ丈: D0BACEA9E4B888 (sys), D0BACEA9E4B888 (utf8)