Specifies the node name, partial node name, and/or standard wildcard characters that limit the search to node names matching the specified text.

Starts the node name search using the current settings and filter.

Allows you to expand or collapse the view of nodes in the Nodes Found list.

Displays the nodes that meet the specified search criteria.

Displays the nodes that you copy to this list by clicking Copy to Selected Nodes list or Copy all to Selected Nodes list.

Specifies the current Altera-provided or custom filter. The Quartus II software includes the following non-editable, default filters. You can use these filters to perform a node name search, or you can create a new filter using any of the Altera-provided filter settings as the initial settings.

• Pins: assigned-- Finds all pin names assigned locations or other pin-related assignments.
• Pins: unassigned-- Finds all pin names not assigned locations or other pin related assignments.
• Pins: input-- Finds all input pin names in your design file(s).
• Pins: output-- Finds all output pin names in your design file(s).
• Pins: bidirectional-- Finds all bidirectional pin names in your design file(s).
• Pins: virtual-- Finds names of all I/O elements mapped to logic elements with a Virtual Pin logic option assignment.
• Pins: all-- Finds all pin names in your design file(s).
• Pins: all & Registers: post-fitting-- Finds all pin names in your design along with all register names from your design files that persist after physical synthesis and fitting. This filter is a combination of the Pins: all and Registers: post-fitting filters.
• Registers: pre-synthesis-- Finds all user-entered register names contained in the design after Analysis and Elaboration, but before physical synthesis performs any synthesis optimizations.
• Registers: post-fitting-- Finds all user-entered register names in your design file(s) that survived physical synthesis and fitting.
• Design Entry (all names)-- Finds all user-entered names in your design file(s).
• Post-synthesis-- Finds all user-entered and synthesis-generated names contained in the design after design elaboration and physical synthesis.
• Post-Compilation-- Finds all user-centered and Compiler-generated names that persist post fit and do not have location assignments.
• SignalTap II: pre-synthesis-- Finds all internal device nodes in the pre-synthesis netlist that can be analyzed by the SignalTap II Logic Analyzer.
• SignalTap II: post-fitting-- Finds all internal device nodes in the post fit netlist that can be analyzed by the SignalTap II Logic Analyzer.
• SignalProbe-- Finds all SignalProbe device nodes in the post fit netlist.

Opens the Customize Filter dialog box.

Allows you to view and edit the current search hierarchy path. You can type the search hierarchy path in the Look in box, or browse to select the search hierarchy level in the Select Hierarchy Level dialog box. In addition, you can move up the search hierarchy by deleting hierarchical names from the Look in box.

Includes node names that are below the current search hierarchy level in the node name search.

Allows you to view nodes in the Nodes Found list in hierarchy levels.