Edit menu

The Edit menu is a dynamic menu that contains different commands depending on the frontmost editing tab. Furthermore, the menu is hidden completely when no editing tab is open.

Move

Lets you move elements in a schematic.

Choosing this command turns the cursor into a cross. Click-dragging this cursor in a schematic selects all elements that are completely surrounded by the dragging rectangle. After releasing the mouse, you can:

• Click-drag again to move the selected elements to another position in the schematic.

• Press the Escape key to fix the element’s position at the current location.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Cut

Copies the selected element or text to the clipboard and removes it from the editor.

Copy

Copies the selected element or text to the clipboard.

In a schematic-editing tab, choosing this command turns the cursor into a cross. Click-dragging this cursor in a schematic selects all elements that are completely surrounded by the dragging rectangle. After releasing the mouse, the selected elements are copied to the clipboard. You can terminate the copying process by pressing the Escape key.

In a symbol-editing tab, the currently selected element is copied. In a text view or tab, the selected text is copied.

Copy Schematic as Picture

Copies the entire schematic to the clipboard as a bitmap graphic.

Choosing the command opens the Copy to Clipboard dialog, in which you can modify the colors of the copied bitmap:

If you choose Use Screen Color, the elements or the background, respectively, are copied in the colors with which they are displayed on screen.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Paste

Inserts the current content of the clipboard into the frontmost editing tab.

In text tabs, the text appears at the text insertion mark. In graphics tabs, the cursor takes on the shape of the pasted element. Clicking the mouse at the desired location in the editing tab places the element. You can click multiple times to place additional copies. To terminate the pasting mode, press the Escape key.

Delete

Removes the selected element or text from the document without placing it on the clipboard.

In a schematic-editing tab, choosing this command turns the cursor into a cross. Click-dragging this cursor in a schematic selects all elements that are completely surrounded by the dragging rectangle. After releasing the mouse, the selected elements are deleted. You can terminate the copying process by pressing the Escape key.

In a symbol-editing tab, the currently selected element is deleted. In a text-editing view or tab, the selected text is deleted.

Undo

Reverts the most recent change.

You can undo multiple actions by choosing Undo repeatedly. Not all actions can be undone.

Redo

Reapplies the most recently undone action.

You can redo multiple actions if you undid them before.

Redo is available only when the latest action was Undo. If you perform other editing actions after choosing Undo, you cannot redo the undone action.

Select All

Select the entire content of the frontmost editing tab.

Page Setup

Specifies the page size and frame dimensions of the schematic.

Choosing the commands opens the Schematic Page Setup dialog.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Properties

Displays the properties of the selected components.

Depending on the tab and the selected element, different dialogs open:

• In a schematics tab: Properties dialog

• In a symbol tab with selected pin or shape: Attributes dialog

• In a symbol tab with selected substitution field: Substitution Field dialog

• In a symbol tab with selected drawing text: Text Attributes dialog

This command is not available in text-editing views or tabs.

Select Entire Net

Selects all wires that are connected to the currently selected wire.

This command is available only if a wire in a schematic is selected. Choosing it selects all wires that are connected to the selected wire without crossing a component, in addition to the currently selected wire.

Send Backward

Puts the selected element behind all other elements in the graphic.

This command is available only in symbol-editing tabs.

Bring Forward

Puts the selected element in front of all other elements in the graphic.

This command is available only in symbol-editing tabs.

Rotate

Rotates the selected element 90 degrees counterclockwise.

This command is not available in text-editing views or tabs.

Mirror (Vert.)

Mirrors the selected element vertically (flipping top and bottom).

This command is not available in text-editing views or tabs.

Mirror (Horiz.)

Mirrors the selected element horizontally (flipping left and right).

This command is not available in text-editing views or tabs.

Net Color

Lets you modify the colors of wires.

This submenu is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Highlight Net

Colors the selected wire and all connected wires in the highlight color, that is, the color that indicates a selected wire.

Note that the wires retains this color even if they are no longer selected. This may lead to confusion about which wires currently are selected.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Set Net Color

Lets you assign any desired color to the selected wire and all connected wires.

Choosing the command when one or more wires within the same net are selected opens a dialog.

If wires from multiple nets are selected, the Net Colors dialog opens instead.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Reset Net Color

Colors the selected wire and all connected wires in their default colors.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Reset All Net Colors

Colors all wires in the schematic in their default colors.

This command is available only in schematic-editing tabs.

Update Pins from View

(Currently under review.)

Find

Lets you find text in the frontmost tab.

Choosing the command opens the InfineonSpice dialog:

The dialog contains:

Find:

The search text, that is, text you are looking for.

Find

Selects the next occurrence of the search text.

You can click Find repeatedly to cycle through all occurrences. Searches are wrap-around, that is, if the end of the text is reached, the search continues from the top.

Close

Closes the dialog.

Case-sensitive

If this option is checked, only text with the same uppercase and lowercase letters as the search text is found.

For example, searching with this option for “top” finds “stop” but not “Top-notch”.

Whole words

If this option is checked, only entire words that match the search text are found, not parts of words.

For example, searching with this option for “will” finds “will” or “Will” but not “swill” or “William”.

Regular expression

If this option is checked, the search text is interpreted as a regular expression and all text that matches the expression is found.

For example, searching with this option for “a.t” finds “ant” or “art” but not “at” or “absent”.

Search up

This option reverses the search direction.

When it is checked, clicking Find selects the search match before the current one. Searches that reach the top of the text continue at the bottom.

This command is available only in text-editing tabs.

Go to Line

Lets you jump to a specific line in the text.

Choosing the command opens the Go to Line dialog:

Clicking OK in this dialog puts the text insertion mark at the beginning of the specified line.

This command is available only in text-editing tabs.

Replace

Lets you find and replace text in the frontmost tab.

This dialog is similar to the dialog described in Find, above, but has three additional elements:

Replace with

The text which you want to insert into the document in place of found text.

Replace

Clicking this button removes the selected text and inserts the text from the Replace with field in its place.

Replace All

Clicking this button removes all instances of the search text and inserts the text from the Replace with field in their places.

This command is available only in text-editing tabs.