Verification Breadcrumb Navigation Bar in the DVT Eclipse IDE

Description

This video shows how you can quickly move up and down in the verification hierarchy by using the Breadcrumb Navigation Bar, both in source code editors and in the UVM Components Diagrams.

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Transcript

Overview

The Verification Breadcrumb Navigation Bar appears horizontally on top of source code editors and UVM component diagrams. It displays the path of verification component instances starting from the top up to the current component.

The Verification Breadcrumb Path is automatically tracked by DVT, for example when navigating from the Verification Hierarchy View to source code, or when using hyperlinks.

Navigating and Interacting with Instances

• Click an instance to jump to the component's class definition.
• Click the arrow to the side of an instance to see its children.
• You can filter the list of child instances using the quick search box.
• Click a child instance to jump to the component's class definition.

• Right-click on an instance to open its create call or to open the field declaration.
• Right-click on an element to generate the UVM components diagram.
• Hover an instance to see its type.
• A component may be instantiated in several places in your verification environment. Click the Select Instance button to choose a different path.

Toggling Breadcrumbs

Click the Toggle Breadcrumbs toolbar button to hide or show the Verification Breadcrumb. Use the drop-down arrow to choose which breadcrumb navigation bars are enabled.