Show Instances in the Design Hierarchy View

To see all instances of an entity or a component, hover on the name with the mouse cursor while holding down the Ctrl key and select Show Instances in Design Hierarchy.

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You can also place the editor cursor on it’s name then right click and select Show ‣ Instances in Design Hierarchy View.

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The results are presented in the Design Hierarchy View.

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Tip

You can also trigger this functionality from a view’s context menu, for example from the Types View.

Note

This functionality works in mixed-language designs, for example when you have a VHDL entity instantiated in a Verilog module or a Verilog module instantiated in a VHDL component.