Instance Tree View

The Instance Tree View presents recursivelly all the unit instances inside a unit.

Position the cursor on the entity name and press Shift+F4 or right click and chose Show Instance Tree from the menu.

The Instance Tree View is automatically opened at any invocation.
You can also go to menu Window > Show View > Other > e Language > Instance Tree to open the Instance Tree View.

1. Project. The project scope. The same entity might be defined and extended in several projects, but the Instance Tree View presents the instances only from a single project, depending on the location where Show Instance Tree was invoked.
2. Entity. The entity whose instance tree is presented.
3. History List. Click to see the previously inspected entities.
4. Dump to file. Dumps the instance tree to a file for documentation purposes.
5. Synchronize with Hierarchy and Layers Views. If turned on, the Hierarchy View and the Layers View are updated on any selection in the tree. It enables you to quickly inspect an environment from several aspects : structure, contents and source location.
6. Alphabetical Sort. Sort instances alphabetically. By default it is off and the instances are presented in the order they are defined in the source files.
7. Expand/Collapse Tree.
8. A Unit Instance. Double click to open declaration file.
9. A port. Double click to open declaration file.

You can right click in the instance tree and further inspect the hierarchy or the layers.