highlight_objects - 2023.2 English

Vivado Design Suite Tcl Command Reference Guide (UG835)
Document ID
UG835
Release Date
2023-10-18
Version
2023.2 English

Highlight objects in different colors

Syntax

highlight_objects [‑color_index <arg>] [‑rgb <args>] [‑color <arg>]
    [‑leaf_cells] [‑quiet] [‑verbose] <objects>

Usage

Name Description
[-color_index] Color index
[-rgb] RGB color index list
[-color] Valid values are red green blue magenta yellow cyan and orange
[-leaf_cells] Leaf cells
[-quiet] Ignore command errors
[-verbose] Suspend message limits during command execution
<objects> Objects to highlight

Categories

GUIControl

Description

Highlights the specified or selected object or objects in a color as determined by one of the available color options.

Tip: Only one of the available color option should be used to specify the highlight color. However, if more than one color option is used, the order of precedence to define the color is -rgb, -color_index, and -color.

Selected objects are automatically unselected in order to display the objects in the specified highlight color. Objects can be unhighlighted with the unhighlight_objects command.

Arguments

-color_index <arg> - (Optional) Valid values are integers from 1 to 20. Specifies the color index to use for highlighting the selected object or objects. The color indexes are displayed, and can be configured from the Tools > Settings > Tool Settings > Color > Highlight. Refer to the Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Using the IDE (UG893) for more information on setting colors.

-rgb <args> - (Optional) The color to use in the form of an RGB code specified as {R G B}. For instance, {255 255 0} specifies the color yellow.

-color <arg> - (Optional) The color to use for highlighting the specified object or objects. Supported highlight colors are: red, green, blue, magenta, yellow, cyan, and orange.

Note: White is the color used to display selected objects with the select_objects command.

-leaf_cells <arg> - (Optional) Specifies one or more cell names or objects to highlight with the specified color.

-quiet - (Optional) Execute the command quietly, returning no messages from the command. The command also returns TCL_OK regardless of any errors encountered during execution.
Note: Any errors encountered on the command-line, while launching the command, will be returned. Only errors occurring inside the command will be trapped.
-verbose - (Optional) Temporarily override any message limits and return all messages from this command.
Note: Message limits can be defined with the set_msg_config command.

<objects> - (Required) Specifies one or more objects to be highlighted.

Examples

The following example highlights the currently selected objects in the color red: 

highlight_objects -color red [get_selected_objects]

This example highlights the specified cells in green: 

highlight_objects -color green -leaf_cells [get_cells cpuEngine/*]

See Also