Options/Display - Shape information

Hi Liahuro,

In order to implement something like this in SKILL you would need a triggering event, something like onMouseOver - but this does not exist in SKILL to my knowledge.  The best I think that you could do is to create a bindkey (a mouse click or key combination) and then use the mouse location to gather information about what's at the cursor.  The function hiGetCommandPoint() could be useful, as might gePointQuery().  With a coordinate point you might use something like dbGetOverlaps() or dbGetTrueOverlaps() to find what shapes are under that point.

Hopefully this will help you.

Regards,

Lawrence.

In IC61, go to Options->Dynamic Display, and turn on "Show Info Balloon". You may also want to ensure that everything is checked on the Setup tab. As you hover over instances, you'll get an info balloon appear. This is similar information to the old "Shape Information" option in Options->Display in IC5141, just implemented with a more modern UI (a transparent info balloon). There's also an icon in one of the toolbars (a light bulb) to toggle on or off the info balloon display (in IC613 and IC614).

Regards,

Andrew.

Sorry, my assumption was that you wanted to implement this in SKILL because you couldn't find it in IC61X. I was trying to save you the effort by showing you something similar (and better) in IC613/IC614. I don't know what version you're using, but if using these versions, I'd suggest you try it - I already explained how to enable it!

If you're using IC5141, you already have it, so not sure why you need to write your own SKILL code.

As Lawrence said, there's no way to do it with a "mouse over" because there's no event for that in SKILL. You could display info on selection, by using the leRegUserObjectSelectionFilter which allows you to register a trigger on selection.

Regards,

Andrew.

Take a look at this post for a different solution for when an object is selected (Info is displayed in the CIW upon selection):

/forums/p/11732/15144.aspx#15144

Also, there is a way to achieve a "mouseOver" effect in 5.1.41 using leRegUserObjectSelectionFilter. You have to be careful with this because it will call your registered routine constantly as you move your mouse. A short, very efficient piece of code is all that you should register with this routine. In this case, the code always returns t. However, you can configure it to return nil when you don't want a specific object to be selectable. I prefer the solution in the above post, but the following code is as close to a "mouseOver" feature as you are going to get in 5.1.41.

_MOUSE_OVER_GLOBAL=nil
procedure(myMouseOver(obj)
  prog((newString)
    sprintf(newString "ObjType: %L   Lpp: %L  CellName: %L\n" obj~>objType obj~>lpp obj~>cellName)
    unless(newString==_MOUSE_OVER_GLOBAL
        _MOUSE_OVER_GLOBAL=newString
        printf("%s" _MOUSE_OVER_GLOBAL)
    )
    return(t)
  );prog
);procedure

leRegUserObjectSelectionFilter("myMouseOver")

Then you can run this command to turn it off: 

leUnregUserObjectSelectionFilter()

Derek

Sorry, had a brain lapse. I suggested leRegUserObjectSelectionFilter in my last post but forgot (not sure why I forgot, because I've used it for this purpose myself) that it gets called before selection (this is so it knows whether to highlight the object you're over or not - i.e. if it's selectable).

Regards,

Andrew.