From 8b3c0a941c721fd5dc20acc1e3edcb076935bd3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: easyw <easyw2g@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 16:11:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Highlight eeschema symbol on left click

CHANGED: Highlight eeschema symbol on left click

Closes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/merge_requests/83
---
 eeschema/onleftclick.cpp            | 9 ++++++++-
 pcbnew/tools/pcb_editor_control.cpp | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eeschema/onleftclick.cpp b/eeschema/onleftclick.cpp
index c15ee7898b..0708e7a992 100644
--- a/eeschema/onleftclick.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/onleftclick.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,14 @@ void SCH_EDIT_FRAME::OnLeftClick( wxDC* aDC, const wxPoint& aPosition )
     switch( GetToolId() )
     {
     case ID_NO_TOOL_SELECTED:
-        break;
+        if( !item )
+            break;
+
+        // Clear current highlight and highlight the current item
+        GetCanvas()->GetView()->HighlightItem( nullptr, nullptr );
+        GetCanvas()->GetView()->HighlightItem( item, nullptr );
+        GetCanvas()->Refresh();
+    break;
 
     case ID_ZOOM_SELECTION:
         break;
diff --git a/pcbnew/tools/pcb_editor_control.cpp b/pcbnew/tools/pcb_editor_control.cpp
index a66e509586..dfd57c1e45 100644
--- a/pcbnew/tools/pcb_editor_control.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/tools/pcb_editor_control.cpp
@@ -856,7 +856,10 @@ int PCB_EDITOR_CONTROL::CrossProbePcbToSch( const TOOL_EVENT& aEvent )
     const SELECTION& selection = selTool->GetSelection();
 
     if( selection.Size() == 1 )
+    {
+        m_frame->SendMessageToEESCHEMA( nullptr );  // cleaning previous selection
         m_frame->SendMessageToEESCHEMA( static_cast<BOARD_ITEM*>( selection.Front() ) );
+    }
     else
         m_frame->SendMessageToEESCHEMA( nullptr );