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find filter control

masamasa

hello

is there any way to control what items to display on the find filter?

currently as default, there are so many items on the design object find filter that are not in use so i want to remove the items that i do not use, for instance, groups, lines, bond wires, other segs, ratsnests, and rat ts.

i was able to control what to display in the "visibility" section by modifying the visibility pane in color dialog so hopefully i can do the same in the "find" section.

  • redwire

    I have never seen a way to do this...but perhaps somebody on here has a custom SKILL form that would do that.

  • DavidJHutchins

    the skill function (axlSetFindFilter) allows a user to set find filter elements and initial on buttons, there isn't any 'public' functions that I'm aware of to control the display of the find filter elements

  • masamasa

    thank you for your reply, redwire and david.

    i am a newbie and do not know anything about skill yet.

    so i guess i need to start learning skill.

  • Dale Peterson
    in reply to masamasa

    Just a suggestion-Learn how to create simple scripts that turns on and turns off switches within the find filter per the function you want to perform. Then assign them to keys on your keyboard. By doing this, you will find yourself hardly looking at find window to perform your job.   Cheers

  • DavidJHutchins

    I would not use scripts, since the syntax changes between releases...

    Below are some of the alias entries from my env file for changing the find filter settings:

    alias sns '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" "shapes" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "shapes"))'
    alias snt '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" "text" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "text"))'
    alias snc '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" "clines" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "clines"))'
    alias snv '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" "vias" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "vias"))'
    alias sfa '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" "all" ) ?onButtons list("noall" "all"))'
    alias sfn '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("noall" ) ?onButtons list("noall"))'
    alias sfm '(axlSetFindFilter ?enabled list("nogroups" "nofunctions" "nolines" "nobondwires" "nofingers" "nolinesegs" "noshapesegs" "novoidsegs" "noratsnests" "noratts") ?onButtons list("nogroups" "nofunctions" "nolines" "nobondwires" "nofingers" "nolinesegs" "noshapesegs" "novoidsegs" "noratsnests" "noratts"))'

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