The cell explorer resides in the "Explorer" tab of the side bar. It shows a hierarchical tree with three main sections: LIBRARIES, ERRORS, and JOBS.

The LIBRARIES section of the explorer lists all libraries and cells. You can examine them in three different ways:

- Alphabetically all cells are listed alphabetically.
- By group all cells are listed alphabetically, but are also organized into cell groups.
- By hierarchy only the "top level" cells of each library are listed (top level cells are those that are not used as instances in any other cells). Inside of a cell are the subcells that comprise it, along with the number of times that that cell appears.

To change the view, right-click on the LIBRARIES icon and choose a view. Note that libraries and cells which have been modified are listed in bold-face.

The second part of the cell explorer is the ERRORS section. This lists all errors that were generated by other tools (DRC, ERC, NCC, etc.) and which can be examined with the "<" and ">" keys.

The third section of the explorer is the JOBS section. Here are listed all running tasks in Electric. The section is usually empty, but if multiple jobs are running at the same time, you can examine them and manipulate them.

Many special functions can be done in the cell explorer. You can double-click on any cell name to see that cell in the right half of the window. You can drag a cell or cell-group from one library to another. This makes a copy of that cell or group in the destination library.

### Context Menus for Libraries

There are special context menus available by right-clicking on an entry (use command-click on the Macintosh).

The context menu for the LIBRARIES icon has 4 parts. The top three entries let you control the expansion of the tree. The middle entry lets you create a new cell. The next three entries lets you view the libraries in different ways (explained above). The bottom entry lets you search for a cell by name. |

The context menu for each library icon has 5 parts. The top three entries let you control the expansion of the tree. The next entry lets you make the library the current library. The next entry lets you manage the library with Project Management (see Section 6-12). The next entry lets you create a new cell in the library. The bottom four entries let you rename, save, delete, or reload the library.

The context menu for each cell icon has 5 parts. The top two entries let you edit the cell (in the current or in a new window). The next two entries let you place an instance of the cell and create a new cell. The next three entries let you create a new cell version, create a new cell copy, or delete the cell. The next two entries let you rename the cell or change its view. The bottom entry lets you rearrange cell groups.

| The context menu for each cell group has 3 parts. The top three entries let you control the expansion of the tree. The middle entry let you create a new cell in the group. The bottom two entries let you rename or duplicate every cell in the group.

The context menu for a multi-page schematic cell has two parts (see Section 7-5-2 for more on multi-page schematics). The top two entries let you edit the cell (in the current or in a new window). The bottom entries let you add a new page to the current multi-page schematic, or delete the current page of the multi-page schematic. |

### Context Menus for Errors and Jobs

| In the ERRORS section, each collection of errors has a context menu with 4 entries: "Delete" removes this set of errors; "Get Info" describes this set of errors; "Save" saves the errors to a disk file; and "Set Current" makes this the current set of errors (which can be examined with the "<" and ">" keys).

The context menu for individual jobs under the JOBS icon has 3 entries: "Get Info" requests any additional information about the job; "Abort" requests that the Job stop itself (not always possible); and "Delete" removes a job from the queue. |