EAGLE Help

Context Menus


Clicking on an item in the Control Panel 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):

New Folder

Creates a new folder below the selected folder and puts the newly created tree item into Rename mode.

Edit Description

Loads the DESCRIPTION file of a directory into the Rich Text Editor.

Rename

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.

Copy

Opens a file dialog in which you can enter a name to which to copy this file or directory. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Delete

Deletes the file or directory (you will be prompted to confirm that you really want this to happen).

Use

Marks this library to be used 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.

Use all

Marks all libraries in the Libraries path to be used when searching for devices or packages.

Use none

Removes the use marks from all libraries (including such libraries that are not in the Libraries path).

Update

Updates all parts used from this library in the loaded board and schematic.

Update in Library

Updates all packages used from this library in the loaded library.

Add to Schematic

Starts the ADD command in the schematic window with this device. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Add to Board

Starts the ADD command in the board window with this package. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Copy to Library

Copies the selected device set or package into the loaded library. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

New variant in Library

Creates a new package variant with the selected package in the current device set of the loaded library. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Open/Close Project

Opens or closes this project. You can also click on the icon in the second column of the tree view to do this.

New

Opens a window with a new file of the given type.

Open

Opens this file in the propper window. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Print...

Prints the file to the system printer. See the chapter on printing to the system printer for more information on how to use the print dialogs.

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 PRINT command to print the drawing from an open editor window.
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 RATSNEST and then PRINT.

Run in ...

Runs this User Language Program in the current schematic, board or library. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Execute in ...

Executes this script file in the current schematic, board or library. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.

Load into Board

Loads this set of Design Rules into the current board. You can also use Drag&Drop to do this.


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