Timing Diagram Editing and Analysis

1.11 Selecting, Moving, and Sorting Signals

1.11 Selecting, Moving, and Sorting Signals

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1.11 Selecting, Moving, and Sorting Signals

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Signals can be selected, moved, or sorted using any of the techniques below:

To select a signal

Select one signal: left mouse click on the signal name.

Left Mouse Click

Select nonconsecutive signals: left mouse click while holding the CTRL key down.

<CTRL> + Left Mouse

Select consecutive signals: left mouse click to pick the first one, then hold the SHIFT key while pressing the Up or Down arrow keys.

click to start, then <SHIFT> + <UP>

or <SHIFT>+ <Down>

Select consecutive signals: left mouse click and drag.

Left Mouse click and drag

Select consecutive signals: hold the SHIFT key down while left mouse clicking on signals labels.

<SHIFT> + Left Mouse

Select all signals in a diagram by pressing CTRL-A.

<CTRL> + <A>

Unselect by using the ESC key or by clicking outside the signal label window.

ESC

To move a signal:

Select the signal names in the order that the signals should be arranged after the move by either:

Left mouse click on one signal name to select it.

Hold the CTRL and select several signal names.

Left click and drag through several names to select several signals that are contiguous in the label window, OR hold the SHIFT key and drag.

movesig

Release the mouse if you have been holding it down.

Click down on a selected signal so a paper icon appears, and then drag the icon it to the new location to move the signals.

movesig2

Drop the paper icon by releasing the left mouse button. The signals will be inserted just below the green bar, in the order in which they were selected.

movesig3

Sort Signal Names Alphabetically

Sort selected signals alphabetically name by choosing the Edit > Sort (Selected) Signals By Name menu. If no signals  are selected then it will rearrange all of signals in the diagram. If some signals are selected then it will only rearrange the selected signals.

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Sort Signals By Bit Significance:

Choose the Edit > Sort Signals by Bit Significance menu  to reorder the signals.

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Notice in this example, the individual bits of two group busses are interleaved.

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