User`s manual

List window
ModelSim Xilinx User’s Manual ModelSim XE Graphic Interface 7-135
To use the format (do) file, start with a blank List window, and run the DO file in
one of two ways:
• use the do
(CR-43) command on the command line:
do <my_list_format>
• select File > Load Format from the List window menu bar
Use Edit > Select All and Edit > Delete to remove the items from the current List
window or create a new, blank List window with the View > New > List selection
from the "Main window"
(7-113). You may find it useful to have two differently
formatted windows open at the same time, see "Examining simulation results with
the List window"
(7-138).
Note: List window format files are design-specific; use them only with the design you were simulating
when they were created. If you try to the wrong format file, ModelSim will advise you of the HDL items it
expects to find.
Editing and formatting HDL items in the List window
Once you have the HDL items you want in the List window, you can edit and
format the list to create the view you find most useful. (See also, "Adding HDL
items to the List window"
(7-134))
To edit an item:
Select the item’s label at the top of the List window or one of its values from the
listing. Move, copy or remove the item by selecting commands from the List
window Edit menu
(7-129) menu.
You can also click+drag to move items within the window:
• to select several contiguous items:
click+drag to select additional items to the right or the left of the original
selection
• to select several items randomly:
Control+click to add or subtract from the selected group
• to move the selected items:
re-click on one of the selected items, hold and drag it to the new location
To format an item:
Select the item’s label at the top of the List window or one of its values from the
listing, then use the Prop > Signal Props menu selection. The resulting Modify