When I lay tracks in KiCAD on the back Cu layer (v5.1.0, Windows) I have the front Cu layer toggled invisible in the layer manager. I also have the selector arrow set to the back Cu layer.
I have the track tool selected and click on an empty bit of the board, if there is a track under the cursor on the front side it immediate makes the front side visible again and switches to the front layer which is incredibly annoying. Is there a way to switch this behaviour off?
Best Answer
You can enable this behavior by selecting the "High Contrast" display mode. This will grey-out the non-selected layers and force interaction only with the active layer.