Views Widget
The Views Widget provides an overview of all existing views. From within the widget, new views can be created and old ones can be (re)opened in the Graph View, duplicated, have their name changed, searched, and deleted.
The widget itself comprises three components: a table listing all existing view including a timestamp of their creation, a toolbar at its top, and a context menu that is shown whenever right-clicking one of the view in the table.
The table is the center part of the views widget and provides an overview of all existing views as well as their time of creation. The table can be sorted by name as well as creation date and may also be searched using the dedicated search capabilities.
The toolbar on the top of the widget facilitates the actions Create New View (1), Open View (2), Duplicate View (3), Rename View (4), Delete View (5) and Search View (6) which are described in more detail below. When clicking on one of the buttons, the respective action is applied to the view currently selected within the table.
Right clicking a view in the table opens the context menu. As does the toolbar, it provides access to the actions Create New View (1), Open View (2), Duplicate View (3), Rename View (4) and Delete View (5).
Overall, the view manager widget provides access to all the actions listed below. Some of them are available through the toolbar or the context menu, while others can only be accessed by operating on the table itself.
Creates a new view containing the folded top module of the current design. The view is automatically added to the table and a new tab showing that view is opened in the graph view.
Opens the selected view in the graph view. If a tab showing that view is already open in the graph view, that tab receives focus. Otherwise, a new tab showing the selected view is added to the Graph View.
Duplicates the currently selected view. The new view added to the table and a tab showing that view is opened in the graph view.
Opens a prompt to change the name of the currently selected view. Views must have unique names, hence the user is responsible for choosing a name accordingly.
Deletes the selected view both from the table and the Graph View. It cannot be restored afterwards.
To find a specific view, a filter can be applied to the table. Pressing the shortcut CTRL + F while the widget is focused or left-clicking the magnifying glass in the toolbar of the widget toggles the search bar. As a result, only views matching the text in the search bar are shown in the table. The views can be filtered by either their name or timestamp. The filter is only active when the searchbar is visible. The magnifying glass in the toolbar changes to a green color to indicate that the filter is active.
By default, the views are ordered by time of creation. Views created earlier are shown at the the top of the table. The order can be reversed by left clicking the Timestamp header. Left clicking the View Name header sorts the views alphabetically by their name.