KiCad 8.0.1

What's new in this version:

General:
- Fix custom font rendering issue
- Improve custom font rendering performance
- Update properties panel to use select language
- Make double click open object properties dialog in search panel
- Improve object alignment tooltips
- Use correct text color in library tree selected items on non-OSX platforms
- Fix floating point rounding issues with scaled parameters in settings
- Fix bottom panel background color in footprint and symbol chooser frames
- Don’t import invalid SVG polygons
- Improve fallback (Cairo) canvas performance
- Reduce fallback (Cairo) canvas memory use
- Check environment variable when testing for unresolved variables
- Use a version string without the extra packaging information in drawing sheets
- Don’t show hidden directories and files in the project tree browser

Schematic Editor:
- Fix ghosting when placing multiple label and text objects
- Improve custom rule memberOfFootprint help
- Improve custom rule assertion constraints help
- Do not prevent netclass directive label from being placed when previously placed with no netclass assignment
- Do not reset annotation on reference changes when updating or changing symbols from library
- Improve layout of schematic colors preview
- Set up default netclass wire and bus widths when importing Altium schematic
- Ignore field moves when comparing schematic symbol to library symbol
- Change symbol library search to "and" instead of "or" search terms
- Do not load pin properties as fields when importing Altium
- Select graphical shapes based on effective shape instead of bounding box
- Improve connectivity performance
- Improve responsiveness of some editing operations
- Fix crash when assigning footprint in symbol properties dialog
- Show correct library identifier in change symbols dialog
- Keep schematic text upright when opening V6 schematic
- Fix sheet pin align to grid issue
- Add text size to symbol field properties panel
- Do not draw checkboxes and icons on top of each other in footprint chooser
- Do not overwrite the first item in alternate pin selection list when changing alternate pin
- Fix crash when editing a legacy schematic with missing library symbols
- Prevent silent deletion of entire symbol when using "Edit Symbol Fields" dialog
- Do not print selected item on every page
- Update net navigator when cross probing from board editor net highlight
- Convert legacy schematic descriptions to fields
- Fix crash in zone filler
- Fix crash when ignoring an ERC violation

Spice Simulator:
- Improve tooltips
- Update VDMOS model defaults to ngspice-41 and later
- Fix collecting of signals for S-parameter analysis
- Do not use ohms as units for controlling voltage source parameter
- Handle single source DC analyses correctly
- Only change pin assignments from user interaction

Symbol Editor:
- Update description in library tree immediately when changed in properties dialog
- Improve database library load performance
- Add pin count and footprint filters options to footprint chooser dialog
- Add show/hide invisible pins and fields to view menu and toolbar
- Add KiCad symbol library files to import symbol file selector filters
- Fix crash when switching between two git branches of an open library

Board Editor:
- Properly create bounding hull cutouts for rule area zones
- Do not snap mirrored graphic objects to center of selection when not moved
- Prevent unnecessary move at the beginning of move command
- Prevent duplicate nets when renaming a net in the net inspector
- Rule areas should be allowed on user layers
- Update "Edit Teardrops" dialog to match other teardrop terminology
- Improve teardrop dialog terminology
- Fix teardrop generation when arc track is connected to pad.
- Highlight nets and show length tuning status when adding tuning patterns.
- Add turn off all layers preset option to the appearance manager
- Fix assert and ghost footprint after undoing a footprint drag operation
- Fix broken routing tool immediate mode (X key press) handling
- Fix broken rotated rectangles when importing Eagle boards
- Do not unexpectedly switch focus in board setup grids using the up and down arrow keys
- Improve grid origin action discoverability
- Fix crash when placing vias and using measure tool
- Add option to footprint chooser to switch between the selected footprint or its 3D model
- Fix memory leak in net inspector dialog.
- Fix memory leak when adding tracks
- Reduce undo buffer memory usage when deleting group objects
- Support multi-line text when importing EasyEDA boards
- Fix issue with rounded rectangles in GERBER plots.
- Unflip view when selecting a viewport which isn’t flipped
- Prevent tool re-entrancy when placing vias and using measure tool
- Do not block DRC when schematic parity is check is performed
- Do not extend lines beyond the usable canvas
- Fix crash loading board with undefined net item information
- Rework on bottom panel of footprint chooser to properly display long strings
- Correctly handle circular board outline cut outs in STEP exports
- Correctly handle footprint graphic knockouts for no-net case
- Save and restore corner radius ratio when plotting pads
- Don’t select reference images when they are hidden
- Revert changed rotation behavior for all objects except text boxes
- Fix selection freeze when selecting two zones on the same layer with different nets
- Do not clip output when plotting to PDF

Footprint Editor:
- Improve missing feature warnings when importing Altium footprint libraries
- Draw graphical shapes with correct fill color

3D Viewer:
- Add option to use PCB Editor physical stackup settings as defaults
- Update color changes made in appearance panel

Gerber Viewer:
- Fix broken XOR mode behavior

Worksheet Editor:
- Hide text item properties built in keywords drop down list when changing control focus
- Fix properties frame focus issue.

Python scripting:
- Fix broken Python path on Debian based platforms

Command Line Interface:
- Allow upgrade of legacy and non-KiCad symbol libraries

Windows:
- Fix footprint chooser graphical glitch after task switch
- Fix unselectable footprints in footprint chooser
- Fix crash on pre-1903 Chinese Windows 10 systems when importing EasyEDA projects