## Filtering Graphical Views

You can apply a filter to hide certain entities in graphical views. To create such a filter, follow these steps:

1. Choose Options->Graphical Settings. (Or you may right-click on the background of a graphical view and choose Add a filter from the pop-up menu.)
2. In the Filters tab of the Graphical Settings dialog, type a pattern-matching string as the Entity Name Filter. This pattern should match entities you want to hide. For example, *calc* to hide all entities that contain “calc” in their name.

Filters are case-sensitive. In addition, filters operate on the “fullnames” of entities. So, a entity named “print” with a fullname of “SomeClass::print” is not matched unless you specify “*print”.

3. Click Add.
4. Click Okay. Any entities that match your filters will be omitted from graphical views.

You can remove filters you have created by clicking Remove or Remove All.

The filters you create apply to all graphical views.

The status bar says “Entities filtered from view” if the currently selected graphical view has some entities hidden due to filters. You can temporarily disable filtering in the Graphical Settings dialog or by right-clicking on any graphical view and choosing Disable Graphic Filters from the pop-up menu.

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