DVT VHDL IDE User Guide
Rev. 24.1.5, 13 March 2024

32.16.6 Layers View

You can quickly see all the architectures of an entity or where a function is overloaded using the Layers View.

Position the cursor on an entity, architecture or function and press Shift+F3 or right click and choose Show Layers from the menu.

The Layers View is automatically raised at any invocation. You can also open it from Window > Show View > Other... > DVT > Layers.

Double click on a layer and jump to the corresponding source location.

Right click on a layer to see its Usages.

You can use CamelCase or Simple Regex to locate a specific element.

  1. Show History List Click to see the previously inspected layers (see the image below):

32.16.6.1 Quick Layers View

Position the cursor on the element's name and press Ctrl+Shift+O.

The Quick Layers View will pop-up and present a filterable list with all of the selected element's layers.

You can use CamelCase or Simple Regex to locate a specific element.

Select a layer and press Enter or click to jump to the corresponding source location.