Browser-Project Pane

View > Browser-Project to show/hide this pane.

See also: Project Browser and Parser, Browser-File Pane, Language Element Icons.

The TIDE gear icon.This pane has an associated TIDE Preferences page (File —> TIDE Preferences —> IDE —> Browser-Project).


An annotated screenshot of TIDE's Browser-Project pane.

TIDE features a project parser. The parser continuously scans through the project as you edit it. The parser's job is to "catalog things": keep track of your procedures, variables, constants, and so on.

Compared to the compiler, the parser is much more forgiving: it tries to skip over things it doesn't understand. The fruits of parser's labor are displayed in the Browser-Project pane.


Throughout the project browser, placing the cursor over an item displays a tooltip with more info on the item. Tooltips for your procedures, variables, constants, etc. may contain your own text — see Tooltips for more information.

Double-clicking on an item teleports you to the place in your sources where this item is declared or defined. This equally applies to procedures, variables, constants, types, etc.  

Items that are declared/defined but are not used are marked with a red "!" icon.


The browser doesn't display the actual variable memory use in bytes until you compile the project. Going back to editing deletes the memory usage information.


Tree Branches


In the Text Editor

A screenshot of TIDE.[CTRL]+CLICK an item to teleport to the place in your sources where this item is declared or defined. When you [CTRL]+MOUSE OVER a procedure, the Call Tree popup is also displayed.


Browser-Project Pane

Tree Branches

In the Text Editor