How to rotate several parts with respect to origin without changing its (x,y) coordinates in KiCAD?

Question

Say I have a part located at coordinates (50,50) and I want to rotate it 10 degrees w.r.t. origin. To do so, I will select the part and press "Move Exactly" and key in these values:

Now the problem is I have 50 seperate parts that I need to rotate in this manner. Viewing each part's coordinates individually and rotating them manually is very repetitive and I'm sure I'm missing some shortcut. Is there a better way to do this?

EDIT:

Before photo:

What I'm intending to do link:

Now I am unable to simply rotate it then position it afterwards, as I need the pcb to match with my keyboard switch plate, which is generated from

Answer 1

Rotating a group requires selecting the group first. Note here I am selecting right-to-left which selects everything that touches the selection box.

Then apply the rotation

Result:

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Edit

To answer your comment, let's say that your reference footprint is at 50,50 in x,y and you would like to rotate your group of footprints 10° about the grid origin, keeping the footprints aligned with the radial.

To do this, start with the same procedure as before and select the group you wish to move.

Next, use the same move command as before but this time enter the coordinates of the top left pad in your selection into the x/y boxes

Next, change the coordinates type to "Polar". This will change the values from 50/50 to their equivalent r/theta values. Now, since you are rotating the group by 10°, you need to adjust the radial position by -10°. I have also selected "Override default footprint anchor" otherwise, the default anchor will be the center of the group.