Hyperlinks

Place the mouse cursor over an identifier in the editor while holding down the Ctrl key. The identifier becomes a hyperlink, and a list of navigation options is displayed.

The first option is Open Declaration. This is the default action when you click directly on the identifier.

Hyperlinks are available for all the entities, components, subprograms, signals etc. from the source code files that DVT analyzes in your project.

Open Declaration	Tip Keyboard alternative: place editor cursor on an identifier and press F3.
Open Entity Declaration
Open Component Declaration
Open Architecture Declaration
Open Instance	Available only for a design element under cursor which is instantiable. It jumps to the corresponding instance from design (which is also available in the Design Breadcrumb Navigation Bar).
Open … Type
Jump to Assignment	Jumps to the next assignment of the signal under cursor in the current editor.
Jump To State Machine	Available only on enum constants and generics. Jumps directly to the case branch where element under cursor is used.

Hyperlinks in Comments

You can define hyperlinks in comments using the @link or @see pragmas, for example:

-- @link usb_init.usb_init_arch.TIME_SUSPEND
-- For more details @see @see usb_commands::sv_usb_byte and @see usb_fs_monitor.usb_Dn

Hover the hierarchical id specified after the pragma with the mouse cursor while holding down the Ctrl key, and click to go to the element’s declaration. Alternatively, place the editor cursor on the hierarchical id and press F3

The hierarchical identifier following @link or @see is of the form:

[<package_name>::<type_name>.<inner_type_name>.]<element_name>

where <element_name> must be a type (entity, architecture, etc.) or a type member (method, signal, port etc.).

Examples

• @link <element_name>

• @link <type_name>.<element_name>

• @link <type_name>.<inner_type_name>.<element_name>

• @link <package_name>::<element_name> :

Note

If <path.to.element> does not solve to a unique element in code, a list of navigation options is displayed.