Basic Functions
Zooming In and Out on the GUI
- Click any position in the tree chart or graphical pane on the Timeline tab page and press W (zoom in) or S (zoom out) on the keyboard. The maximum zoom-in precision is 1 ns.
- Click any position in the tree chart or graphical pane on the Timeline tab page and press A (move left), D (move right), left arrow (move left), or right arrow (move right) keys on the keyboard to move leftward or rightward, or press up arrow (move up) or down arrow (move down) on the keyboard to move upward or downward.
- In the graphical pane, hold down Alt and click the left mouse button to zoom in on the selected area.
- Click
(zoom in) and 
(zoom out) on the toolbar in the upper left corner of the page to zoom in or out. - Click
on the toolbar in the upper left corner of the page to restore the graphical pane to display all timeline views. - Move the pointer to any position in the tree chart or graphical pane on the Timeline tab page, and hold down Ctrl and scroll the mouse wheel to zoom in or out.
- In the graphical pane, hold down Ctrl and click the left mouse button to drag the unit chart leftward or rightward.
In macOS, use the Command key and the mouse wheel to zoom in or out the chart, and use the Command key and the left mouse button to drag the unit chart left or right.
- In the graphical pane, right-click to zoom in or out. For details, see Table 1.
Table 1 Functions of shortcut menus Menu
Description
Operation
Fit to screen
Enlarges a single instruction to the maximum width of the visible range of the screen.
If no instruction is selected, this parameter is not displayed.
- Click an instruction and right-click it to display the shortcut menu.
- Click to zoom in on the selected instruction to the maximum width of the visible range of the screen.
Zoom into selection
Zooms in on the selected area to the maximum width of the visible range of the screen.
If no area is selected, this parameter is not displayed.
- After selecting an area, right-click the area to display the shortcut menu.
- Click Zoom into selection to zoom in on the selected area to the maximum width of the visible range of the screen.
Undo Zoom(0)
Undoes the zoom. The number in the parentheses changes with the number of zoom times. The initial value is 0.
- On the Timeline tab page after zooming in, right-click to display the shortcut menu.
- Click . The page is zoomed out once, and the number in the parentheses decreases by one.
Reset Zoom
Resets the zoom to restore the chart to the initial state.
- On the Timeline tab page after zooming in, right-click to display the shortcut menu.
- Click . The chart is reset to the initial state.
Instruction Search
MindStudio Insight allows you to search for instructions on the Timeline tab page.
- Click
on the toolbar in the upper left corner of the page. In the text box that is displayed, enter the instruction to be searched for and press Enter. The result reflects the total number of matched instructions, as shown in Figure 1. 11,754 instructions containing mov are found.
- Click
on the toolbar in the upper left corner of the page. Click 
and 
on the left of the search text box to enable the Match case and Words functions, as shown in Figure 2.Click
to enable Match case, enter the information to be searched for, and press Enter. The instructions containing the search item in the name are matched.Click
to enable Words, enter the information to be searched for, and press Enter. The instructions whose names are the same as the search item are matched, but the search is case insensitive.When both
and 
are selected, the Match case and Words functions are enabled. In the text box that is displayed, enter the name of the instruction to be searched for and press Enter. The instruction whose name is the same as the search item is matched. - Click the switch button next to the search box to view the previous or next matched instruction, or type a number next to the search box to search for the corresponding instruction. The instruction is highlighted in the middle of the page, as shown in Figure 3.
- Click next to the search box. The Find tab page is displayed in the lower part of the page, showing all search instructions, as shown in Figure 4. Table 2 describes the fields. Click Click in the column to go to the specific location of the instruction in the timeline view.
Table 2 Fields Field
Description
Rank ID
Rank ID. You can select the data file to be viewed.
Name
Instruction name.
Start Time
Start time of instruction execution.
Duration(ns)
Total duration of instruction execution.
Click To Timeline
Click Click to go to the specific location of the instruction in the timeline view.
