Viewing Register Details

To open the Registers view, you must first start a debugging session.

To see the registers and their descriptions, perform these steps.

1. In the Debug perspective, click the Registers tab.

   The Registers view appears.

   Figure 1. Registers View, Register Details
   
   
2. Click the toolbar's menu button (the inverted triangle highlighted in the above figure).
3. Select Layout > Vertical View Orientation or Layout > Horizontal View Orientation to see the register details.
   Note: Selecting Layout > Registers View Only hides the register details.
4. Expand a register group to see individual registers.
5. Select a specific register by clicking on it.

   The debugger enables the appropriate buttons in the Actions group of the Registers view.

   Note: Use the Format list box to specify the format of data that appears in the Registers view.
6. Use the Register view to examine register details.

   For example, examine register details in these ways:

   • Use the Bit Fields group to see a graphical representation of the selected register's bit fields. You can use this graphical representation to select specific bits or bit fields.
   • Use the Description group to see an explanation of the selected register, bit field, or bit value.
   Tip: To enlarge the Registers view, click Maximize of the view's toolbar. After you finish looking at the register details, click Restore of the view's toolbar to return the view to its previous size. Alternatively, right-click the Registers tab and select Detached . The Registers view becomes a floating window that you can resize. After you finish looking at the register details, right-click the Registers tab of the floating window and select Detached again. You can rearrange the re-attached view by dragging its tab to a different collection of view tabs.