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bindkey statement for Toggle between "USED" check box

Arokia
Arokia over 2 years ago

Hi All,

Please help me with a bindkey statement for Toggling between "check boxing" the "USED" layers and "Uncheck boxing" the "USED" layers check box. 

Currently I'm using the below statements. ie F10 for checkboxing, and ctrl+F10 for uncheckboxing, is there a way when I press F10 once it will "checkbox" and after pressing F10 again it will uncheck box?

hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>F10" "pteShowUsedLPP(t)")
hiSetBindKey("Layout" "ctrl<Key>F10" "pteShowUsedLPP(nil)")

Thanks

Arokia Bharat

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 2 years ago

    Arokia,

    Use pteToggleShowUsedLPP() instead of pteShowUsedLPP(t/nil).

    Andrew

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  • Arokia
    Arokia over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Wow works beautifully ! Thank you !

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  • Arokia
    Arokia over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    I also went on ahead to apply your concept for the "Routing" checkbox

    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>F12" "pteToggleShowRoutingLPP()")

    it also worked ! Thanks a bunch !

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  • Arokia
    Arokia over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    On that note is there also a way to toggle between making a Layout "Editable" and making a layout "Read only"

    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>F7" "_leChangeEditMode("a" t)")
    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "ctrl<Key>F7" "_leChangeEditMode("r" t)")

    But I got syntax error

    Thanks

    Arokia

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 2 years ago in reply to Arokia

    Arokia,

    Using public functions:

    hiSetBindKey("Layout" "<Key>F7" "geChangeEditMode(if(geGetEditCellView()~>mode==\"r\" \"a\" \"r\"))")

    Andrew

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  • Arokia
    Arokia over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thank you, helped a lot

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