descend in schematic

You can set a .cdsenv environment variable called descendTarget.

Add this to your .cdsenv file:

Default setting:
 schematic descendTarget string "query user" 
What you want:
 schematic descendTarget string "use viewNameList"

In a current Cadence session you can set it this way:
envSetVal("schematic" "descendTarget" 'string "use viewNameList")

Also, you can set it interactively in your window:
1. Don't select any object and don't put your cursor over any object, then press your descend bindkey
2. When prompted to select an instance to descend into, press F3 to get the options form
3. Press the "use viewNameList" button and then choose your instance. This setting should remain set while that window remains open.

The viewNameList is set in the Options->Editor form. It is also a .cdsenv environment variable:
schematic       viewNameList    string  "schematic symbol"

Derek

thx. works fine.

but now it opens a new Window, how to set it to open in a tab ?

In IC614 you can do:

envSetVal("schematic" "descendCanvasType" 'string "new tab")

The default is "current tab". 

Which version are  you using? You didn't say...

Regards,

Andrew.

 IC613

The cdsenv setting was only added in IC614 (it's not there in IC613).

In IC613 you can use the "F3" options approach that Derek outlined to change the default, and then it sould remember it each time duriung that session.

Regards,

Andrew.