# Board Editor, Schematic Editor Settings

**URL:** <https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-schematic-editor-settings/1128>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [November 9, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-schematic-editor-settings/1128 "2026-11-09T09:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![chriskuku](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@chriskuku](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/chriskuku)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-schematic-editor-settings/1128/1 "2026-11-09T09:09:41Z")

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I’m a bit confused by the appearance of LibrePCB. (macOS)  
I recall to have seen a view where I had a choice of schematic and board editor in a right column. Now I see “Quick Access” with the projects and schematic and board view appearing on the right side.

The schematic editor has icons above it showing a “setup” icon. So does not have the board view. Where is the board setup?

Where can I set the symbol norm (european vs. american)? “Locales and Norms” in the project settings is empty and I cannot add any locales or norms (green ±sign).

In general: I find the location or placing of settings dialogs confusing. One setup (workspace) lower left. One “project setup”. Another setup above board view, but none above schematic view.

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**Author:** ![ubruhin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c89c15/32.png) [@ubruhin](https://librepcb.discourse.group/u/ubruhin)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 9:38am UTC](https://librepcb.discourse.group/t/board-editor-schematic-editor-settings/1128/2 "2026-11-09T09:38:26Z")

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> [@chriskuku](#):
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> but none above schematic view.

I agree, it would be nice to have “Project Setup” in the schematic editor (it is already in the documents panel, so it is now duplicated, but I think that makes sense). I just implemented it in [Schematic editor: Add "Project Setup" menubar button by ubruhin · Pull Request #1931 · LibrePCB/LibrePCB · GitHub](https://github.com/LibrePCB/LibrePCB/pull/1931).

> [@chriskuku](#):
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> Where can I set the symbol norm (european vs. american)? “Locales and Norms” in the project settings is empty and I cannot add any locales or norms (green ±sign).

You need to choose a locale or norm first, _then_ press the + button:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/librepcb1/original/1X/49819cc74dd8fbedba282095f97aed165ace08a5.png)

Depending on your systems UI theme, the dropdown may be hard to see. That’s one of the problems we had with the Qt windows. Some day we will rebuild this old dialog with Slint to avoid those problems.

Anything unclear left? I don’t really understand everything in your post.