User`s manual
Main window
ModelSim Xilinx User’s Manual ModelSim XE Graphic Interface  7-121
The Main window status bar
Fields at the bottom of the Main window provide the following information about 
the current simulation:
Mouse and keyboard shortcuts in the Transcript and Source windows
The following mouse actions and special keystrokes can be used to edit commands 
in the entry region of the Main window. They can also be used in editing the file 
Step
steps the current 
simulation to the next 
HDL statement
Run > Step….  step
see: step 
(CR-93)
Step Over
HDL statements are 
executed but treated as 
simple statements instead 
of entered and traced line 
by line
Run > Step Over…. step -over
see: step 
(CR-93)
Field Description
Now the current simulation time, using the default resolution units specified in "Simulating 
with the graphic interface" 
(7-202), or a larger time unit if one can be used without a 
fractional remainder
Delta the current simulation iteration number
<dataset 
name>
name of the current dataset (item selected in the Structure window 
(7-158))
Main window tool bar buttons
Button Menu equivalent Command equivalents










