Messages Window Toolbar Commands - 2024.1 English

The local toolbar contains the following commands:

Search

Opens the search bar to allow you to locate messages.

Note: You can also access this command through the Alt+/ keyboard shortcut.

Collapse All

Collapses all constraints.

Note: You can also access this command through the Ctrl+- keyboard shortcut.

Expand All

Expands all constraints.

Note: You can also access this command through the Ctrl+= keyboard shortcut.

Filter Messages

Adjusts message filtering as follows:

Suppression

Show suppressed

Displays only suppressed messages. To suppress messages, use the Manage Suppression popup menu command or set_msg_config Tcl command.

Note: This setting results in an empty Messages window if no messages are suppressed.

Show unsuppressed

Displays only unsuppressed messages.

Note: This is the default setting.

Show both

Displays both suppressed and unsuppressed messages. Suppressed messages have a backslash (\) through the severity icon.

Severity

Show modified

Displays only messages with a modified severity. To modify message severity, use the Message Severity popup menu command or set_msg_config -new_severity Tcl command.

Note: This setting results in an empty Messages window if no messages are modified.

Show unmodified

Displays only messages that have their original severity.

Note: This is the default setting.

Show both

Displays messages with both modified and original severity. Messages with a modified severity have an asterisk (*) on the severity icon.

Manage Message Suppression

Opens the Manage Suppression dialog box in which you can add or remove suppression rules. For more information, see Suppressing Messages and Unsuppressing Messages.

Discard User Created Messages

Removes messages related to project load and analysis as well as messages output from scripts and Tcl commands entered in the Tcl Console.

Note: You cannot use this command to clear messages output from design runs. Instead, use the Reset Runs popup menu command to reset the run and clear the messages for the run.

Settings

Controls the display of information in the window.

Group by File

Groups messages by file.

Group by ID

Groups messages by message ID.

Wrap Lines

Wraps messages to the next line to fit the message to the width of the Messages window.

Tip: If the message limit is exceeded, a Message limit exceeded prompt appears. You can disable line wrapping to improve message display performance.