Board Insight
Function
The Board Insight panel provides you with plenty of useful information about any objects currently under the cursor. Once open, this panel keeps you informed if you briefly pause the cursor over PCB objects in the design editor window, with no keystrokes required to update the contents.
Content and Use
The Board Insight panel regions allow you to view in more detail what is under the cursor. When you hover the cursor over component, net or violation objects, they will be loaded into the panel. Once the information is in the panel it will remain until the cursor is paused in a new location.
The top region of the panel displays a graphical preview of the object.
The second region lists all primitives under the cursor. Here you can edit them, change their selection state and navigate to them. The available information can include listing components, nets and violations. From the list you can select, edit or zoom in on any of the objects.
The optional lower region of the panel (turned ON or OFF via the Show Lens option) gives you a close up 2D view of the area currently under the cursor.
The Board Insight panel works like any other panel - it can be resized, docked or floated over the workspace.
Shortcuts
The table below summarizes key shortcuts available when using the second (list) region of the panel:
| Shortcut / Icon | Function |
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| Zoom into highlight item. The zoom level is controlled with by the Zoom Precision setting in the System - Navigation page of the Preferences dialog. |
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| Click to toggle the selection state of one or more items. |
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| Edit the item. |
| ALT + Wheel-roll | Changes zoom level inside the panel Insight Lens. |
| SHIFT + CTRL + S | Switches the panel Insight Lens into single layer mode. The current layer objects are displayed in the lens, while all objects on other layers are masked or hidden, depending on the Single Layer mode. |
| F2 | Displays the Board Insight sub-menu. |