Setting Wave window display properties
You can define display properties of the Wave window by selecting Edit > Display Properties (Wave window). To save these settings permanently, select Options > Save Preferences (Main window).
The Wave Window Properties dialog box includes the following options:
- Display Signal Path
Sets the display to show anything from the full pathname of each signal (e.g., sim:/top/clk) to only its leaf element (e.g., sim:clk). A non-zero number indicates the number of path elements to be displayed. The default is Full Path. You can change this permanently by editing the SignalNameWidth Tcl variable. See "Preference variables located in Tcl files" for details.
- Justify Value
Specifies whether the signal values will be justified to the left margin or the right margin in the values window pane.
- Snap Distance
Specifies the distance the cursor needs to be placed from an item edge to jump to that edge (a 0 specification turns off the snap).
- Row Margin
Specifies the distance in pixels between top-level signals.
- Child Row Margin
Specifies the distance in pixels between child signals.
- Waveform Popup
Toggles on/off the popup that displays when you rest your mouse pointer on a signal or comparison object
- Dataset Prefix
Specifies how signals from different datasets are displayed.
Always Show Dataset Prefixes
All dataset prefixes will be displayed along with the dataset prefix of the current simulation ("sim").
Show Dataset Prefixes if 2 or more
Displays all dataset prefixes if 2 or more datasets are displayed. "sim" is the default prefix for the current simulation.
Never Show No Dataset Prefixes
No dataset prefixes will be displayed. This selection is useful if you are running only a single simulation.
Sorting a group of HDL items
Select Edit > Sort to sort the items in the pathname and values panes.
