KiCad does not load footprint generators wizards if PCB Editor is not open (ie: can't be used in Footprint Editor)

Description

KiCad does not load footprint generators until the PCB Editor is open

Steps to reproduce

vokoscreen-2022-03-21_18-18-05

KiCad Version

Application: KiCad Footprint Editor

Version: 6.0.3-a3aad9c10e~116~ubuntu20.04.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.0.4

Platform: Linux 5.4.0-104-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, cinnamon, x11

	wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.71.0
	OCC: 7.5.2
	Curl: 7.81.0
	ngspice: 31
	Compiler: GCC 9.4.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
	KICAD_SPICE=ON

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Confirm.

Application: KiCad

Version: 6.99.0-master, release build

Libraries: wxWidgets 3.1.5 FreeType 2.10.4 HarfBuzz 2.7.4 FontConfig 2.13.93 libcurl/7.74.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1m zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 libidn2/2.3.0 libpsl/0.21.1 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh/0.9.6/gnutls/zlib nghttp2/1.42.0

Platform: Linux 5.15.28-desktop-1.mga8 x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, XFCE, x11

Build Info: Date: Mar 11 2022 12:24:40 wxWidgets: 3.1.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24 Boost: 1.75.0 OCC: 7.4.1 Curl: 7.74.0 ngspice: 33 Compiler: GCC 10.3.0 with C++ ABI 1014

Build settings: KICAD_USE_OCC=ON KICAD_SPICE=ON

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mentioned in issue #11292 (closed)

marked #11292 (closed) as a duplicate of this issue

marked this issue as related to #11292 (closed)

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assigned to @sethhillbrand

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Confirm on openSUSE KiCad 6.0.4. Happens if PCB Editor has never been opened in the session. The generators are available when PCB Editor has been opened once, even if closed when Footprint Editor is opened.

mentioned in issue #7141 (closed)

This happens for me too using the arch package.

version info

Application: KiCad Footprint Editor

Version: (6.0.4), release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.0.5
	libcurl/7.82.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1n zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.2 libidn2/2.3.2 libpsl/0.21.1 (+libidn2/2.3.0) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.47.0

Platform: Linux 5.15.31-1-lts x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, KDE, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Mar 18 2022 08:05:28
	wxWidgets: 3.0.5 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.78.0
	OCC: 7.5.3
	Curl: 7.82.0
	ngspice: 36
	Compiler: GCC 11.2.0 with C++ ABI 1016

Build settings:
	KICAD_USE_OCC=ON
	KICAD_SPICE=ON

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This bug affected me too with Ubuntu 22.04.

Thanks for working on it!

Rob

mentioned in issue kicad/libraries/kicad-footprint-generator#648 (closed)

mentioned in issue #11820 (closed)

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Can confirm, also affecting me on windows 11.

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Just wasted a couple of hours trying to find out why the scripts don't load...

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Steps to reproduce

1. Start KiCad
2. Open the footprint editor
3. Press the button for the footprint-wizard
4. The list of wizards is empty
5. It should not be empty

changed title from KiCad does not load footprint generators if PCB Editor is not open (ie: can't be used in Footprint Editor) to KiCad does not load footprint generators wizards if PCB Editor is not open (ie: can't be used in Footprint Editor)

I can confirm this with the latest 6.99 nightly on Windows 10 and Linux

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Application: KiCad Footprint Editor

Version: 6.99.0-unknown-492e6548ff~162~ubuntu20.04.1, release build

Libraries:
	wxWidgets 3.0.4
	FreeType 2.10.1
	HarfBuzz 2.6.4
	FontConfig 2.13.1
	libcurl/7.68.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1f zlib/1.2.11 brotli/1.0.7 libidn2/2.2.0 libpsl/0.21.0 (+libidn2/2.2.0) libssh/0.9.3/openssl/zlib nghttp2/1.40.0 librtmp/2.3

Platform: Linux 5.4.0-135-generic x86_64, 64 bit, Little endian, wxGTK, cinnamon, x11

Build Info:
	Date: Dec 10 2022 22:03:49
	wxWidgets: 3.0.4 (wchar_t,wx containers,compatible with 2.8) GTK+ 3.24
	Boost: 1.71.0
	OCC: 7.5.2
	Curl: 7.68.0
	ngspice: 38
	Compiler: GCC 9.4.0 with C++ ABI 1013

Build settings:
	KICAD_SPICE=ON

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mentioned in merge request !1439 (closed)

mentioned in merge request !1440 (closed)

@sethhillbrand

Are you working on it? I have a (very minor) fix for that.

whats about !1440 (closed) ?

... which should be good to go. Just been chasing the rebasing which is why the CI pipeline is running again.

@charrasjp I haven't dug into it. Please feel free to take this issue

whats about !1440 (closed) ?

I don't know about this case in particular, but in general it's best to ask before starting work on a MR for an issue that is already assigned to someone else

Oh for sure - it was just getting in the way of my workflow for a new board, and seemed untouched for a few weeks, so I fixed it in this case.

closed with commit 507edc54

I fixed this issue, and also a related issue in ft wizard selection dlg: reloading wizards did not work well.

@JamesJCode:

Thanks for your help: my fix is not exactly the same in your MR, but it is similar.