Open (<mode>/<tab>)

Opens the cellview containing the selected marker with the behavior specified in the command name.

For example, Open (edit/new tab) opens the cellview in edit mode in a new tab; Open (read/current tab) opens the cellview in read mode in the current tab.

You specify the default behavior for this command in the Navigator.

To open a different view of the current cell, use the Open command instead.

Open...

Brings up the Open form where you can specify

• Which view of the current cell you want to open
• Whether that view is opened in edit or read mode
• Whether it is opened in a new tab, the current tab, or in a new window.

Edit In Place

Edits in place by choosing the best hierarchical path according to the current context, when one or more rows are selected in the Annotation Browser that involve markers on the same cellview.

This option is only available in the maskLayout views.

Expand All Below

Expands the hierarchy to display everything below the currently selected node.

You can expand a single level of hierarchy for a selected entry using the Right arrow on your keyboard.

Collapse All Below

Collapses the hierarchy to hide everything below the currently selected node.

You can collapse a single level of hierarchy for a selected entry using the Left arrow on your keyboard.

Select All Below

Expands the hierarchy and selects all the marker entries below the currently selected node.

Zoom To Selected

Zooms to the selected set of markers in the design window. For markers in the hierarchy, the Zoom To Selected functionality highlights the markers of the first instance that satisfies the specified Annotation Browser depth and the display start- and stop-level criteria.

If a marker is present in the Annotation Browser tree but cannot be visualized because no instance containing those markers can be highlighted on canvas, then a "not allowed" icon ( ) is displayed against its Highlight State column.

Check/Uncheck

Sets the Checked state for the selected markers.

When a marker is set to Checked, you can use the Hide Checked Markers button to hide it in the Annotation Browser.

This command has no effect on the marker display in the canvas, only in the Annotation Browser.

See Set Marker Check State for more information.

Set/Unset Highlight State

Sets the highlight state of the selected markers in the design window. Using this command on a node sets the visibility for all the markers under that node.

A grayed-out version of the eye icon displayed against a node indicates that only some of the markers under that node are highlighted.

See Set Highlight State for more information.

Suppress/Unsuppress Expansion

Suppresses (or unsuppresses) the expansion of the node under the cursor.

Suppress expansion globally by setting a limit on the number of violations using the Suppress expansion option in the Navigator. You then use these commands to dynamically unsuppress (and suppress) the expansion for a selected node in the browser.

These commands appear only when expansion has been suppressed as a result of the limit set using the Suppress expansion option.

Highlight Color

Sets the color used to draw the corresponding marker in the canvas.

Using this command for a node sets the color for all the markers under that node. Choose cycle to let Layout XL select the color automatically by cycling through a predefined list.

This command does not change the color assigned to the marker in the database, only the color used to draw the marker in the canvas.

See Set Highlight Color for more information.

Delete

Deletes the selected marker or marker category from the Annotation Browser and the design window.

Auto Net Probing

Probes the nets associated with the highlighted and selected markers.

Select Nets

Selects the nets associated with the currently highlighted markers in the layout canvas and Navigator assistant.

Trace Net

Traces the physical and logical connectivity of the selected nets.

This command is supported only for the Connectivity tab.

For more information, see Tracing Nets.

Incomplete Net Filter

Opens the Incomplete Net Filter Form where you filter the incomplete net markers in the browser based on the set of currently selected nets in the layout canvas or Navigator assistant.

For more information, see Setting an Incomplete Net Filter.

Locate Short

Opens the Short Locator Form that can be used to locate the short that is causing an error.

For more information, see Locating Shorts Using Short Locator.

Extract Nets

Extracts all the nets associated with the selected markers.

If the selected marker does not have a net associated, the Extract Nets menu item is disabled.

Extract Unverified Areas

Extracts connectivity from the areas that were not interactively verified by the connectivity extractor.

View By

Opens the Navigator where you specify how the list of annotations is grouped and sorted in the browser.

For more information, see Grouping Markers in the Annotation Browser.

Options

Opens the Navigator, where you specify:

• The number of violations, which prevent a node from being expanded
• The levels of hierarchy searched for violation markers
• The default open behavior
• How new markers are highlighted

Settings

Loads or saves the following user-defined settings for the selected tab;

• the “View By” defined for the tab
• the columns to be displayed and the order in which they appear
• the size and position of each column