26.9 Registers View

The Registers View shows all the UVM registers within the register model hierarchy.

Open the Command Palette and run the View: Focus on Registers View command. The view is visible only after setting a runtime elaborated Verification top.

By default the view content is presented as a tree rooted in the register model and comprising of register blocks, register files, and individual registers as leaves.

For each register, the view presents its name, address, access rights, associated sequencer and source code comment.

Right-click on any register from the view and choose Show Diagram to visualize its bitfield diagram.

Tip: Double click to go to the register's create call.

Tip: Use the Display Registers as List in Registers View button () from the view header to switch to a flat list view, where the name represents a hierarchical path from the reg model to the reg. To switch back to the tree view, use the button.

Tip: You can change the Address Radix to be Decimal or Hexadecimal by modifying the DVT.registers.addressRadix preference.

Tip: By default the view is sorted alphabetically. Use the button from the view header to Sort by address.