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net highliting with bindkey

NoelCFC

Hi,

I'd like to know if it is possible to set the View->Net Highlighting command to a bindkey? I could not find the function in the SKILL API finder.

thanks very much.

  • Andrew Beckett

    Doesn't appear to be an API for this (bit strange). Anyway, it works if you do:

    schViewMenu->NetHighlights->checked=!schViewMenu->NetHighlights->checked

    This toggles it on or off, and is the same SKILL that gets executed when you pick the menu item.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • NoelCFC

    thanks very much for the promptly reply, Andrew.

    It worked very well.

    best regards.

  • hjia
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew,

    Can you please explain a little on what does "schViewMenu->NetHighlights->checked=!schViewMenu->NetHighlights->checked" mean and how to do it? Or since this post is older than 4 years, is there any way to use bindkey to toggle Net Highlighting ON/OFF now? Thank you.

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to hjia

    Well, there's a menu item (something called an "action" in the View menu in the schematic editor, called Net Highlighting. This is an action because it has a checkmark next to it when it's enabled. When turned on, hovering over a wire in the schematic highlights everywhere that the net is connected (even when connected by name) like this:

    The statement I posted simply finds the current value (as returned by schViewMenu->NetHighlights->checked) and inverts it using the not operator (!), and assigns it back again. So this will toggle the net highlighting on or off, to the opposite state of what it is now.

    Andrew.

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