Inspect Window Shortcut Menus Reference (Visual LISP IDE)

The shortcut menus for the Inspect window allow for quick access to the most important functions.

Note: The Visual LISP IDE is available on Windows only.

The following table summarizes the commands that may be available from the Object line shortcut menu.

Object line shortcut menu commands
Command	Action
Symbol Service	Displays the Symbol Service dialog box.
Print	Prints the object in the Console window.
Pretty Print	Formats and prints the object in the Console window. (Not available for entity names)
Copy	Copies the object to the *obj* variable.
Log	Copies the current contents of the Inspect window to the Trace window. If logging is active, the contents are also copied to the trace log.
Modify	Displays the Properties palette in AutoCAD for the inspected entity. (Available for entity names only)
Update	Updates the Inspect window to show the most recent status of the inspected object.
Inspect Raw Data	Displays an Inspect window containing the list resulting from an entget function call for the entity. (Available for entity names only)
Inspect Next Entity	Displays an Inspect window for the next entity in the entities list. (Available for entity names only)
Inquire Extended Data	Displays a list of applications currently registered by regapp. If you select an item from the list, any extended data related to the chosen application is included in the Inspect entity list.

The following table summarizes the commands that are available from the Elements list for the selected item.

Elements list shortcut menu commands
Command	Action
Inspect	Displays the Inspect window for the selected element value.
Descend	Displays the Inspect window for the selected element value, and closes the current Inspect window.
Copy	Copies the value of the inspected element to the *obj* variable.
View Source	Activates a text editor window containing the selected text. If the text was loaded from the Console window or from a list representation, this command activates a new text editor window.