This menu can be invoked by clicking on the down arrow icon. The menu contains the following commands:
- Basic, Advanced
- view mode switching. These options have the same meaning as the view mode buttons.
- Ignore Constraints and non-Critical Errors
- this option enables a special mode of Processor Expert. In this mode, Processor Expert allows you to generate output files, even though some settings may break some constraints or limits and errors are reported.
- Expand All
- if a group is selected, expands all items within the selected group. Otherwise, all groups in the Inspector are expanded. If the expanded group contains any groups that are disabled (gray), the user is asked if the disabled groups should all be expanded.
- Collapse All
- if a group is selected, collapses all items within the selected group. Otherwise, all groups in the Inspector are collapsed.
- Help on Component
- shows a help page for the component.
- Save component settings as template
- creates a template for the current component settings. See Creating user component templates topic for details.
- Edit comment - when comment is empty, icon appears gray. If you have entered the comment, icon appears yellow on the toolbar. The comment is displayed in tooltip for the current component or configuration. For example, you can enter the note for the CPU component, such as "Please do not enter value more than 25MHz in Clock settings."
These comments are added in the generated source file, Cpu.h file.
- Open pinned view
- opens a copy of the inspector for currently selected component. This command allows to have several inspector views for different components opened at once.
- Tabs view - this view displays configuration elements in graphical form, better organized, easy to understand and use. Nested tabs and tables are used to present complex configurations.
- Search
- searches Inspector item by name. It also accepts wild cards like * or ? (* =any string and ? = any character).