Vitis Explorer View - 2025.2 English

Vitis Explorer View - 2025.2 English - UG1702

Vitis Reference Guide (UG1702)

Document ID

UG1702

Release Date

2025-11-20

Version

2025.2 English

Figure 1. Vitis Explorer View

You can use the Component Explorer to perform the following actions:

Using the toolbar menu, you can do the following:

Create a New Component.
Select Filter Components to hide or show components.
Refresh the Component Explorer.
Collapse All to minimize the displayed contents.

Using the right-click menu to select a component or project, you can do the following:

Select Open in Terminal to open a terminal window and change directory to inside the component.
Select Show in Flow Navigator and click the component to show it in the Flow Navigator.
Select Delete to remove the component or project from the workspace.
Select Clone Component to create a new component from an existing component. This is useful for design exploration where you need to preserve the original component as your baseline. You can then use the cloned component for design exploration. This command does not support System projects.
Select Reset Linker Script to generate a linker script for a standalone application component.

By right-clicking the Sources folder of a component or project, you can do the following:

Select New File to create a new file in the component or project.
Select New Folder to create a new folder in the component or project.
Select Open in Terminal to open a terminal window and change directory to inside the component.
Select Paste to take a copied item and paste it into the component or project.
Select Import > Files to import files into the component or project.
Select Import > Folders to import a folder into the component or project.
Select Add Source File or create a New Source File.

By right-clicking an object in the component or project hierarchy, you can do the following:

Select Copy followed by Paste to copy an object from one component or project to another.
Select Copy Path to copy the absolute path of the object. You can paste the path into the Terminal view of a configuration file.
Select Copy Relative Path to copy the path of the object relative to the current workspace. You can paste the path into the Terminal view of a configuration file.
Select Delete to remove the object from the workspace.

The Flow window is at the bottom part of the Vitis Components view. When you select a component, the Flow window actively displays the range of actions you can perform. Actions include build and debug.