Component Inspector allows to view and edit attributes of the item selected in the Project Explorer. To open this view, click Window > Show View > Other... and select Processor Expert > Components Inspector.
Inspector window displays three columns:
- Name - name of the item to be selected. Group of items may be collapsed or expanded by double clicking on the first line of the group with its name, it has '+' or '-' sign on the left.
- Value - the settings of the items are made in this column. For list of item types, see Inspector items topic for details. It also displays pin variant and package in drop-down list of supported processor variants (for example, MQXLite project) as shown below.
- Details - the current setting or an error status may be reflected on the same line, in the rightmost column of the inspector.
The Component Inspector can be displayed in three views. The views can be selected from the Preferences dialog. On the left side of the Preferences dialog, select Processor Expert > General. On the right side, select Preferred inspector views from the drop-down list as shown below.
The three views are:
- Classic - this is the default tree-based view as shown in figure Figure 1. In default view, built-in tabs are displayed in the sequence "Properties, methods, events," and the tabs that are specific to custom view are added at the end. In case, Classic view option is selected, the sequence of tabs for component XYZ will be: Properties|Methods|Events|Device Settings.
- Custom - when the Custom view is selected, it is marked as replacement of built-in tabs and replaces their position with the built-in tab. In case, Custom view option is selected, the sequence of tabs for component XYZ will be: Device Settings|Methods|Events|Properties.
- Tabs - this view displays configuration elements in graphical form, better organized, easy to understand and use. Nested tabs and tables are used to present complex configurations as shown in figure below.
In the Preferences dialog, you can also choose the number of columns that will appear in Component Inspector view for displaying properties. Select Inspector columns count and choose the value from 1 to 4 from the drop-down list. This option is valid only for Tabs view.
You can filter pin names in the Component Inspector view. It is now easy to select pin from the long drop-down list. You can type the text and filter list of available values. Filtering is enabled only when more than 3 values are available in the list.
