From 25e181db5c489b4b42a142d6b37d09163704440a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:29:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't allow selection of footprint text in board editor.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/17271
---
 pcbnew/tools/pcb_selection_tool.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pcbnew/tools/pcb_selection_tool.cpp b/pcbnew/tools/pcb_selection_tool.cpp
index 08b17e9745..57d02e9209 100644
--- a/pcbnew/tools/pcb_selection_tool.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/tools/pcb_selection_tool.cpp
@@ -2910,6 +2910,11 @@ bool PCB_SELECTION_TOOL::Selectable( const BOARD_ITEM* aItem, bool checkVisibili
         }
         else if( aItem->GetParentFootprint() )
         {
+            // Footprint text selections are only allowed in footprint editor mode.
+            // Careful, though: we also get here through the PCB_FIELD_T case.
+            if( aItem->Type() == PCB_TEXT_T && !checkVisibilityOnly )
+                return false;
+
             if( !view()->IsVisible( text ) )
                 return false;