Issues with LTspice 24 Search Paths

Yes, this - it would be a really handy improvement. The problem isn't merely that folders on user-defined search paths aren't checked recursively, it's that they're not even visible.

As davidog says, that means having to create a separate search path for every subfolder, and change to it laboriously in the Top Directory drop-down. That in turn means you'd better be very careful not to click Reset to Default Values accidentally after setting up all those paths, because that button has no safety-net confirmation and so you risk overwriting them.

If that happens, you'd best be quick to get into LTspice.ini and retrieve what your previous paths were, before the program updates the .ini file and you lose them permanently.

Related: in Settings | Search Paths the field that displays the "User libaries directory" is an edit control, but no change made in it has any effect. The only ways to alter what the "User libraries directory" is set to are: with the Browse button; or by exiting LTspice and editing the UserCmpDir value directly in LTspice.ini.

Yes, this - it would be a really handy improvement. The problem isn't merely that folders on user-defined search paths aren't checked recursively, it's that they're not even visible.

As davidog says, that means having to create a separate search path for every subfolder, and change to it laboriously in the Top Directory drop-down. That in turn means you'd better be very careful not to click Reset to Default Values accidentally after setting up all those paths, because that button has no safety-net confirmation and so you risk overwriting them.

If that happens, you'd best be quick to get into LTspice.ini and retrieve what your previous paths were, before the program updates the .ini file and you lose them permanently.

Related: in Settings | Search Paths the field that displays the "User libaries directory" is an edit control, but no change made in it has any effect. The only ways to alter what the "User libraries directory" is set to are: with the Browse button; or by exiting LTspice and editing the UserCmpDir value directly in LTspice.ini.