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    <h2>Instantiations editor</h2>
    <p>
      Instantiations editor provides a summary of the different
	  instantiations of the component. Instantiations are
	  used in <i>views</i> to represent different aspects
	  of the view. Instantiations contain a mandatory, unique <b>name</b>, a <b>display name</b> and a textual
      description to identify the instantiations.
	  This editor can be used to add and remove instantiations.
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	  A <i>component instantiation</i> describes the details of instantiating the component in a hardware 
      description <b>language</b>, for example, verilog or vhdl. This editor can be used to add and remove 
      component instantiations.
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        A <i>design configuration instantiation</i> details how a specific design configuration instance is 
        associated with a <i>view</i>. This editor can be used to add and remove design configuration 
        instantiations.
        <br /><b>Design configuration reference</b> specifies the used design configuration.
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        A <i>design instantiation</i> specifies how a specific design instance is associated with a view. This 
        editor can be used to add and remove design instantiations.
        <br /><b>Design reference</b> details the design description and configuration values applied to it.
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      The editor contains a context menu that contains following options:
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      <li>Add a new instantiation (Add row)</li>
      <li>Remove an instantiation (Remove row)</li>
      <li>Clear the selected cells</li>
      <li>Copy the contents of the selected cells to clipboard</li>
      <li>Paste the contents of the clipboard to the selected cells</li>
      <li>Import a csv-file to the editor</li>
      <li>Export the contents of the editor to a csv-file</li>
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