The JSudoku Highlight Menu

Most commands in this menu will highlight the cells or patterns found by solvers.

Select All

When the grid is focused, selects all the cells.
When the log pane is focused, selects all the text in the log.

Select None

Unhighlights all cells, unselects them.

Possibility

Highlights all cells having some possible value alias candidate. This is useful to spot hidden singles and other patterns like Intersections, X-Wing... The highlighting is updated each time you manually solve or alter a cell, so it may help you spot newly hidden singles after solving others.

Next Step

Similar to Solve: Get Clue, but also highlights the cells.

Cages which must have ...

Highlights all unsolved cages with the mandatory inclusion. Useful to spot other areas where some candidate may be prohibited.

Cages with ... # combinations

Highlights all unsolved cages having one or several possible combinations. Useful to spot areas of interest, with fewest number of combinations.

Innies, Outies, Split Cages, Outies minus innies, Overlaps

Like corresponding Solve menu item, but just select the cells and print the sum in the log without creating any split cage nor solving any cell.

Law of Leftovers

Like Solve: Law of Leftovers, but just select the cells without creating any LoL set nor solving any cell.

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