Call Graph Pane Context Menu

To access the context menu, right-click the Call Graph pane. The items in the context menu vary depending on whether you right-click a node or the background area of the pane.

The Call Graph pane context menu contains the following items when you right-click a node:

• Display Hierarchy From This Node —Displays a new hierarchy graph that starts at the selected node. This option is disabled at the root node because the hierarchy of that node is already displayed. When you select this option, the new hierarchy graph replaces the previous graph in the Call Graph pane. Select the Go Back menu item to return to the previous graph.
• Create New Hierarchy From This Node —Displays a new hierarchy graph that starts at the selected node in a new window.
• Go To Sequence Call —Opens the selected sequence in the Sequence File window and highlights the Sequence Call step to which the node corresponds.
• Recreate Expression Node For —Recreates the expression node if you replaced an expression node with a sequence in the Specify Sequence Call Expressions dialog box. Select the Sequence Call step name from the submenu for the sequence for which you want to recreate the expression node. This option is available only if you used expressions to specify the Sequence Call step and if TestStand evaluated the expression.

The Call Graph pane context menu contains the following items when you right-click the background area of the pane:

• Graph Layout —The layout of the graph. This menu item displays the currently selected layout. Select this menu item to launch a submenu that contains the following layout options:
  • Layered Digraph —A layered graph that groups edges into layers so no two edges in the same layer cross. This layout option reduces link crossings and produces clean graphs. This is the default option.
  • Tree Graph —A layered graph that displays rapidly. Link overlapping can occur if cycles exist in the graph. Links can cross nodes if a node has more than one parent node.
• Graph Direction —The horizontal or vertical orientation of the graph. This menu item displays the currently selected layout. Select this menu item to launch a submenu that contains the following graph direction options:
  • Horizontal —Displays a horizontal graph.
  • Vertical —Displays a vertical graph.
• Expand All Nodes —Expands all the nodes in the graph.
• Collapse All Nodes —Collapses all the nodes in the graph.
• Expand One Level —Expands all nodes one level.
• Collapse One Level —Collapses all nodes one level
• Allow Rearranging Nodes —Enables or disables the rearranging of nodes on the Call Graph pane. Rearranging nodes is allowed by default. Select this menu item to disallow rearranging nodes. The icon next to the menu item changes to when rearranging is not allowed. Select this menu item again to restore the default setting.
• Go Back —Returns to the previous graph after you select the Create New Hierarchy From This Node option in the node context menu.
• Go Forward —Displays the next graph after you select the Create New Hierarchy From This Node option in the node context menu and you return to the previous graph.
• Page Setup —Launches the Page Setup dialog box.
• Print Preview —Launches the Print Preview dialog box.
• Print —Launches the Print dialog box.
• View —Restores hidden panes. You can restore the following hidden panes:
  • Call Graph —Restores the Call Graph pane.
  • Legend —Restores the Legend pane.
  • Overview —Restores the Graph Overview pane.
• Update From Sequences —Recreates the graph starting at the root sequence. The new graph reflects any changes you made to the call hierarchy in the sequence file. When you refresh the graph, the color palette might change.

See Also

Sequence File Window

Specify Sequence Call Expressions dialog box