Houdini 20.5 Reference Panes

Log Viewer pane

The log viewer pane lets you view and filter logs generated by subsystems of Houdini.

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Top toolbar

Connected Logging Sources

Show a menu of available log sources.

Filter Logging Sources

Enable or disable filtering using the other controls on this toolbar.

Filter External Sources

Show a menu of external Houdini processes that can provide logs.

Toggle table and text

Switch between table view and raw text content.

Text-only view position

Switch to a vertical split between the log table and the raw text search (when there are search matches).

Filter field

When you type in this field, only log entries containing the given text in the Message are visible in the table.

Ignore Case

The text in the table filter field matches regardless of upper-case vs lower-case differences.

Regex

(Advanced) Treat the text in the table filter field as a regular expression, and only show log entries that match the pattern.

Clear All Log Entries

Clear the log entries in memory and start with a blank view.

Save Log Entries to Disk

Click to save the accumulated log entries to a file.

This interface lets you search for specific text in the raw log output. When the text you enter in the search field matches text in the raw log output, the viewer switches to a split view showing the log table and the matching raw text.

Search field

Enter the text to search for in the raw log output.

Previous

Select the previous text matching the search field.

Next

Select the next text matching the search field.

Ignore Case

The text in the search field matches regardless of upper-case vs lower-case differences.

Regex

(Advanced) Treat the text in the search field as a regular expression.

Show All

Highlight all matches of the text in the search field.

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