From b34309fdbac5d8ad9cc9bf122b28fd17a57f8025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Williams <mike@mikebwilliams.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:22:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Schematic: display symbol's user-defined description in
 message panel

Fixes: https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/15298
---
 eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp b/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
index 78bd4d5876..7cb9caaf5e 100644
--- a/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
+++ b/eeschema/sch_symbol.cpp
@@ -1790,7 +1790,8 @@ void SCH_SYMBOL::GetMsgPanelInfo( EDA_DRAW_FRAME* aFrame, std::vector<MSG_PANEL_
             aList.emplace_back( _( "Footprint" ), msg );
 
             // Display description of the symbol, and keywords found in lib
-            aList.emplace_back( _( "Description" ) + wxT( ": " ) + m_part->GetDescription(),
+            aList.emplace_back( _( "Description" ) + wxT( ": " )
+                                        + GetField( DESCRIPTION_FIELD )->GetText(),
                                 _( "Keywords" ) + wxT( ": " ) + m_part->GetKeyWords() );
         }
     }