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<i>EAGLE Help</i>
<h1><center>Context Menus</center></h1>
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Clicking on an item in the <a href=11.htm>Control Panel</a>
with the right mouse button opens a context menu which allows
the following actions (not all of them may be present on a particular item):
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<b>New <u>F</u>older</b>
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Creates a new folder below the selected folder and puts the newly created tree
item into <i>Rename</i> mode.
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<b><u>E</u>dit Description</b>
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Loads the DESCRIPTION file of a directory into the Rich Text Editor.
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<b><u>R</u>ename</b>
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Puts the tree item's text into edit mode, so that it can be renamed.
You can also do this by clicking onto the text of the selected tree item.
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<b><u>C</u>opy</b>
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Opens a file dialog in which you can enter a name to which to copy this file or directory.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>D</u>elete</b>
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Deletes the file or directory (you will be prompted to confirm that you really want this to happen).
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<b><u>U</u>se</b>
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Marks this library to be <i>used</i> when searching for devices or packages.
You can also click on the icon in the second column of the tree view to toggle this flag.
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<b><u>U</u>se all</b>
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Marks all libraries in the Libraries path to be <i>used</i> when searching for devices or packages.
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<b>Use <u>n</u>one</b>
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Removes the <i>use</i> marks from all libraries (including such libraries that are not
in the Libraries path).
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<b>U<u>p</u>date</b>
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Updates all parts used from this library in the loaded board and schematic.
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<b>Update in <u>L</u>ibrary</b>
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Updates all packages used from this library in the loaded library.
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<b><u>A</u>dd to Schematic</b>
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Starts the <a href=26.htm>ADD</a> command in the schematic window with this device.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>A</u>dd to Board</b>
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Starts the <a href=26.htm>ADD</a> command in the board window with this package.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>C</u>opy to Library</b>
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Copies the selected device set or package into the loaded library.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>N</u>ew variant in Library</b>
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Creates a new package variant with the selected package in the current
device set of the loaded library.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>O</u>pen/<u>C</u>lose Project</b>
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Opens or closes this project.
You can also click on the icon in the second column of the tree view to do this.
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<b><u>N</u>ew</b>
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Opens a window with a new file of the given type.
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<b><u>O</u>pen</b>
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Opens this file in the propper window.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b><u>P</u>rint...</b>
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Prints the file to the system printer. See the chapter on
<a href=103.htm>printing to the system printer</a> for more
information on how to use the print dialogs.
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Printing a file through this context menu option will always print the file
as it is on disk, even if you have an open editor window in which you have
modified the file! Use the <a href=73.htm>PRINT</a> command to
print the drawing from an open editor window.<br>
<b>Please note that polygons in boards will not be automatically calculated
when printing via the context menu! Only the outlines will be drawn.
To print polygons in their calculated shape you have to load the drawing
into an editor window, enter <a href=75.htm>RATSNEST</a>
and then <a href=73.htm>PRINT</a></b>.
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<b>Run in ...</b>
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Runs this User Language Program in the current schematic, board or library.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b>Execute in ...</b>
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Executes this script file in the current schematic, board or library.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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<b>Load into <u>B</u>oard</b>
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Loads this set of Design Rules into the current board.
You can also use <i>Drag&Drop</i> to do this.
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