From 9e2fc9b07cd68fc8450ef5b89ee01262ffab2472 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Young <jeff@rokeby.ie>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:28:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Footprint item positions are relative.

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/-/issues/15477
---
 pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_text_properties.cpp | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_text_properties.cpp b/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_text_properties.cpp
index 120bfc8e71..bf584e8078 100644
--- a/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_text_properties.cpp
+++ b/pcbnew/dialogs/dialog_text_properties.cpp
@@ -51,8 +51,16 @@ DIALOG_TEXT_PROPERTIES::DIALOG_TEXT_PROPERTIES( PCB_BASE_EDIT_FRAME* aParent, PC
     wxString title;
 
     // Configure display origin transforms
-    m_posX.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::ABS_X_COORD );
-    m_posY.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::ABS_Y_COORD );
+    if( m_item->GetParentFootprint() )
+    {
+        m_posX.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::REL_X_COORD );
+        m_posY.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::REL_Y_COORD );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        m_posX.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::ABS_X_COORD );
+        m_posY.SetCoordType( ORIGIN_TRANSFORMS::ABS_Y_COORD );
+    }
 
     m_MultiLineText->SetEOLMode( wxSTC_EOL_LF );