Source Browser

The Source Browser displays information about program symbols in your program. If Options for Target — Output – Browser Information is enabled when you build the target program, the compiler includes browser information into the object files. Use View — Source Browser to open the Browse window.

Source Browser Dialog Dialog

The Browse window lists the symbol name, class, type, memory space and the number of uses. Click on the list item to sort the information. You can filter the browse information using the options described in the following table:

Browse Options	Description
Symbol	specify a mask that is used to match symbol names. The mask may consist of alphanumeric characters plus mask characters: # matches a digit (0 – 9) $ matches any character * matches zero or more characters.
Filter on	select the definition type of the symbol
File Outline	select the file where information should be listed for.
Memory Spaces	specify the memory type for data and function symbols.

The following table provides a few examples of symbol name masks.

Mask	Matches symbol names ...
*	Matches any symbol. This is the default mask in the Symbol Browser.
#	... that contain one digit in any position.
_a$#*	... with an underline, followed by the letter a, followed by any character, followed by a digit, ending with zero or more characters. For example, _ab1 or _a10value.
_*ABC	... with an underline, followed by zero or more characters, followed by ABC.

The local menu in the Browse window opens with a right mouse Click and allows you to open the editor on the selected reference. For functions you can also view the Call and Callers graph. The Definitions and References view gives you additional information with the following symbols:

Symbol	Description
[D]	Definition
[R]	Reference
[r]	read access
[w]	write access
[r/w]	read/write access
[&]	address reference

You may use the browser information within an editor window. Select the item that you want to search for and open the local menu with a right mouse click or use the following keyboard shortcuts:

Shortcut	Description
F12	Goto Definition; place cursor to the symbol definition
Shift+F12	Goto Reference; place cursor to a symbol reference
Ctrl+Num+	Goto Next Reference or Definition
Ctrl+Num–	Goto Previous Reference or Definition