Add (semi-experimental) highlight & info for non-trivial resource views

* For D3D11 and Vulkan, any views which don't just map to the whole buffer or image will be highlighted in a colour, and when mousing over that row a small tooltip will be displayed with the view parameters that differ.
2026-05-05 09:30:44 +00:00 · 2016-06-24 16:32:32 +02:00
parent 27bbbc39a4
commit 377e07374b
4 changed files with 494 additions and 87 deletions
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@
            this.scissorEnable = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
            this.lineAAEnable = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
            this.label23 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+            this.conservativeRaster = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
            this.groupBox32 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            this.viewports = new TreelistView.TreeListView();
            this.scissors = new TreelistView.TreeListView();
@@ -441,7 +442,6 @@
            this.showEmpty = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem();
            this.toolTip = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolTip(this.components);
            this.exportDialog = new System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog();
-            this.conservativeRaster = new System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox();
            toolStripLabel1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripLabel();
            toolstripTable = new System.Windows.Forms.TableLayoutPanel();
            groupBox2 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
@@ -453,8 +453,8 @@
            label15 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            label16 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
            label17 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
-            groupBox42 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            label25 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
+            groupBox42 = new System.Windows.Forms.GroupBox();
            toolstripTable.SuspendLayout();
            this.flowLayoutPanel6.SuspendLayout();
            this.toolStrip1.SuspendLayout();
@@ -546,6 +546,7 @@
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.multisampleEnable)).BeginInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.scissorEnable)).BeginInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.lineAAEnable)).BeginInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.conservativeRaster)).BeginInit();
            this.groupBox32.SuspendLayout();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.viewports)).BeginInit();
            groupBox42.SuspendLayout();
@@ -605,7 +606,6 @@
            this.groupBox36.SuspendLayout();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.csCBuffers)).BeginInit();
            this.rightclickMenu.SuspendLayout();
-            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.conservativeRaster)).BeginInit();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            // 
            // toolStripLabel1
@@ -1253,6 +1253,8 @@
            this.vsResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.vsResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.vsResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.vsResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.vsResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox8
            // 
@@ -1574,6 +1576,8 @@
            this.hsResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.hsResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.hsResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.hsResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.hsResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox14
            // 
@@ -1895,6 +1899,8 @@
            this.dsResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.dsResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.dsResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.dsResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.dsResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox20
            // 
@@ -2265,6 +2271,8 @@
            this.gsResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.gsResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.gsResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.gsResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.gsResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox25
            // 
@@ -2435,7 +2443,7 @@
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle());
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle());
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle());
-            this.tableLayoutPanel8.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle(System.Windows.Forms.SizeType.Absolute, 608F));
+            this.tableLayoutPanel8.ColumnStyles.Add(new System.Windows.Forms.ColumnStyle(System.Windows.Forms.SizeType.Absolute, 610F));
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.Controls.Add(this.forcedSampleCount, 7, 1);
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.Controls.Add(this.label14, 6, 1);
            this.tableLayoutPanel8.Controls.Add(this.frontCCW, 5, 0);
@@ -2479,7 +2487,7 @@
            this.forcedSampleCount.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Tahoma", 12F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            this.forcedSampleCount.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(539, 28);
            this.forcedSampleCount.Name = "forcedSampleCount";
-            this.forcedSampleCount.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(18, 19);
+            this.forcedSampleCount.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(32, 19);
            this.forcedSampleCount.TabIndex = 24;
            this.forcedSampleCount.Text = "0";
            this.forcedSampleCount.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleCenter;
@@ -2710,6 +2718,27 @@
            this.label23.TabIndex = 12;
            this.label23.Text = "Line AA:";
            // 
+            // label25
+            // 
+            label25.Anchor = System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right;
+            label25.AutoSize = true;
+            label25.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(426, 6);
+            label25.Name = "label25";
+            label25.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(106, 13);
+            label25.TabIndex = 25;
+            label25.Text = "Conservative Raster:";
+            // 
+            // conservativeRaster
+            // 
+            this.conservativeRaster.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
+            this.conservativeRaster.Image = ((System.Drawing.Image)(resources.GetObject("conservativeRaster.Image")));
+            this.conservativeRaster.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(539, 5);
+            this.conservativeRaster.Name = "conservativeRaster";
+            this.conservativeRaster.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(32, 16);
+            this.conservativeRaster.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
+            this.conservativeRaster.TabIndex = 26;
+            this.conservativeRaster.TabStop = false;
+            // 
            // groupBox32
            // 
            this.groupBox32.Controls.Add(this.viewports);
@@ -3026,6 +3055,8 @@
            this.psResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.psResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.psResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.psResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.psResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox29
            // 
@@ -3233,6 +3264,8 @@
            this.targetOutputs.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.targetOutputs.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.targetOutputs.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.targetOutputs.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.targetOutputs.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox37
            // 
@@ -3834,6 +3867,8 @@
            this.csUAVs.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.csUAVs.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.csUAVs.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.csUAVs.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.csUAVs.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox27
            // 
@@ -4111,6 +4146,8 @@
            this.csResources.KeyDown += new System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventHandler(this.defaultCopyPaste_KeyDown);
            this.csResources.Leave += new System.EventHandler(this.disableSelection_Leave);
            this.csResources.MouseClick += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.hideDisabledEmpty_MouseClick);
+            this.csResources.MouseLeave += new System.EventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseLeave);
+            this.csResources.MouseMove += new System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventHandler(this.textureCell_MouseMove);
            // 
            // groupBox35
            // 
@@ -4238,33 +4275,17 @@
            this.showEmpty.Text = "Show Empty";
            this.showEmpty.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.hideEmpty_Click);
            // 
+            // toolTip
+            // 
+            this.toolTip.UseAnimation = false;
+            this.toolTip.UseFading = false;
+            // 
            // exportDialog
            // 
            this.exportDialog.DefaultExt = "html";
            this.exportDialog.Filter = "HTML Files (*.html)|*.html";
            this.exportDialog.Title = "Export pipeline state as HTML";
            // 
-            // label25
-            // 
-            label25.Anchor = System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right;
-            label25.AutoSize = true;
-            label25.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(426, 6);
-            label25.Name = "label25";
-            label25.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(106, 13);
-            label25.TabIndex = 25;
-            label25.Text = "Conservative Raster:";
-            // 
-            // conservativeRaster
-            // 
-            this.conservativeRaster.Anchor = ((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles)((System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Left | System.Windows.Forms.AnchorStyles.Right)));
-            this.conservativeRaster.Image = ((System.Drawing.Image)(resources.GetObject("conservativeRaster.Image")));
-            this.conservativeRaster.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(539, 5);
-            this.conservativeRaster.Name = "conservativeRaster";
-            this.conservativeRaster.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(32, 16);
-            this.conservativeRaster.SizeMode = System.Windows.Forms.PictureBoxSizeMode.CenterImage;
-            this.conservativeRaster.TabIndex = 26;
-            this.conservativeRaster.TabStop = false;
-            // 
            // D3D11PipelineStateViewer
            // 
            this.AutoScaleDimensions = new System.Drawing.SizeF(6F, 13F);
@@ -4374,6 +4395,7 @@
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.multisampleEnable)).EndInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.scissorEnable)).EndInit();
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.lineAAEnable)).EndInit();
+            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.conservativeRaster)).EndInit();
            this.groupBox32.ResumeLayout(false);
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.viewports)).EndInit();
            groupBox42.ResumeLayout(false);
@@ -4443,7 +4465,6 @@
            this.groupBox36.ResumeLayout(false);
            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.csCBuffers)).EndInit();
            this.rightclickMenu.ResumeLayout(false);
-            ((System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize)(this.conservativeRaster)).EndInit();
            this.ResumeLayout(false);

        }
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
        // keep track of the VB nodes (we want to be able to highlight them easily on hover)
        private List<TreelistView.Node> m_VBNodes = new List<TreelistView.Node>();

+        // keep track of resource nodes that need view details
+        private List<TreelistView.Node> m_ViewDetailNodes = new List<TreelistView.Node>();
+
+        TreelistView.Node m_CurViewDetailNode = null;
+
        private struct IABufferTag
        {
            public IABufferTag(ResourceId i, ulong offs)
@@ -60,6 +65,30 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            public ulong offset;
        };

+        private class ViewTexTag
+        {
+            public ViewTexTag(D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView v, FetchTexture t)
+            {
+                view = v;
+                tex = t;
+            }
+
+            public D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view;
+            public FetchTexture tex;
+        };
+
+        private class ViewBufTag
+        {
+            public ViewBufTag(D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView v, FetchBuffer b)
+            {
+                view = v;
+                buf = b;
+            }
+
+            public D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view;
+            public FetchBuffer buf;
+        };
+
        public D3D11PipelineStateViewer(Core core, DockContent c)
        {
            InitializeComponent();
@@ -135,6 +164,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

        public void OnLogfileClosed()
        {
+            HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+            m_ViewDetailNodes.Clear();
+
            inputLayouts.Nodes.Clear();
            iabuffers.Nodes.Clear();
            topology.Text = "";
@@ -211,6 +243,34 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            node.Italic = true;
        }

+        private void ViewDetailsRow(TreelistView.Node node)
+        {
+            node.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine;
+            m_ViewDetailNodes.Add(node);
+        }
+
+        private bool HasImportantViewParams(D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view, FetchTexture tex)
+        {
+            // we don't count 'upgrade typeless to typed' as important, we just display the typed format
+            // in the row since there's no real hidden important information there. The formats can't be
+            // different for any other reason (if the SRV format differs from the texture format, the
+            // texture must have been typeless.
+            if (view.HighestMip > 0 || view.FirstArraySlice > 0 ||
+                (view.NumMipLevels < tex.mips && tex.mips > 1) ||
+                (view.ArraySize < tex.arraysize && tex.arraysize > 1))
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool HasImportantViewParams(D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view, FetchBuffer buf)
+        {
+            if (view.FirstElement > 0 || view.NumElements*view.ElementSize < buf.byteSize)
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
        private void ClearShaderState(Label shader, TreelistView.TreeListView resources, TreelistView.TreeListView samplers,
                                      TreelistView.TreeListView cbuffers, TreelistView.TreeListView classes)
        {
@@ -291,6 +351,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        string name = "Shader Resource " + r.Resource.ToString();
                        string typename = "Unknown";
                        object tag = null;
+                        bool viewDetails = false;

                        if (!filledSlot)
                        {
@@ -322,10 +383,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                // if it's a typeless format, show the format of the view
                                if (texs[t].format.compType == FormatComponentType.None)
                                {
-                                    format = r.Format.ToString();
+                                    format = "Viewed as " + r.Format.ToString();
                                }

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(r, texs[t]);
+
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
                            }
                        }

@@ -373,7 +437,10 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                    }
                                }

-                                tag = bufs[t];
+                                tag = new ViewBufTag(r, bufs[t]);
+
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, bufs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
                            }
                        }

@@ -388,6 +455,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                        if (!usedSlot)
                            InactiveRow(node);
+
+                        if (viewDetails)
+                            ViewDetailsRow(node);
                    }
                    i++;
                }
@@ -647,6 +717,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            D3D11PipelineState state = m_Core.CurD3D11PipelineState;
            FetchDrawcall draw = m_Core.CurDrawcall;

+            HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+            m_ViewDetailNodes.Clear();
+
            var tick = global::renderdocui.Properties.Resources.tick;
            var cross = global::renderdocui.Properties.Resources.cross;

@@ -1005,6 +1078,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        string name = "UAV " + r.Resource.ToString();
                        string typename = "Unknown";
                        object tag = null;
+                        bool viewDetails = false;

                        if (!filledSlot)
                        {
@@ -1035,10 +1109,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                // if it's a typeless format, show the format of the view
                                if (texs[t].format.compType == FormatComponentType.None)
                                {
-                                    format = r.Format.ToString();
+                                    format = "Viewed as " + r.Format.ToString();
                                }

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(r, texs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1083,7 +1160,10 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                    }
                                }

-                                tag = bufs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, bufs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewBufTag(r, bufs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1099,6 +1179,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                        if (!usedSlot)
                            InactiveRow(node);
+
+                        if (viewDetails)
+                            ViewDetailsRow(node);
                    }

                    i++;
@@ -1268,6 +1351,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        string name = "Texture " + p.ToString();
                        string typename = "Unknown";
                        object tag = null;
+                        bool viewDetails = false;

                        if (p.Resource == ResourceId.Null)
                        {
@@ -1298,10 +1382,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                // if it's a typeless format, show the format of the view
                                if (texs[t].format.compType == FormatComponentType.None)
                                {
-                                    format = p.Format.ToString();
+                                    format = "Viewed as " + p.Format.ToString();
                                }

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(p, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(p, texs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1318,6 +1405,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        else
                        {
                            targets[i] = true;
+
+                            if (viewDetails)
+                                ViewDetailsRow(node);
                        }
                    }

@@ -1360,6 +1450,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        string name = "UAV " + r.Resource.ToString();
                        string typename = "Unknown";
                        object tag = null;
+                        bool viewDetails = false;

                        if (!filledSlot)
                        {
@@ -1390,10 +1481,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                // if it's a typeless format, show the format of the view
                                if (texs[t].format.compType == FormatComponentType.None)
                                {
-                                    format = r.Format.ToString();
+                                    format = "Viewed as " + r.Format.ToString();
                                }

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(r, texs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1438,7 +1532,10 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                    }
                                }

-                                tag = bufs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(r, bufs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewBufTag(r, bufs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1450,6 +1547,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                        if (r.Resource == ResourceId.Null)
                            EmptyRow(node);
+
+                        if (viewDetails)
+                            ViewDetailsRow(node);
                    }

                    i++;
@@ -1464,6 +1564,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                string name = "Depth Target " + state.m_OM.DepthTarget.Resource.ToString();
                string typename = "Unknown";
                object tag = null;
+                bool viewDetails = false;

                if (state.m_OM.DepthTarget.Resource == ResourceId.Null)
                {
@@ -1494,10 +1595,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        // if it's a typeless format, show the format of the view
                        if (texs[t].format.compType == FormatComponentType.None)
                        {
-                            format = state.m_OM.DepthTarget.Format.ToString();
+                            format = "Viewed as " + state.m_OM.DepthTarget.Format.ToString();
                        }

-                        tag = texs[t];
+                        if (HasImportantViewParams(state.m_OM.DepthTarget, texs[t]))
+                            viewDetails = true;
+
+                        tag = new ViewTexTag(state.m_OM.DepthTarget, texs[t]);
                    }
                }

@@ -1507,6 +1611,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                node.HoverImage = global::renderdocui.Properties.Resources.action_hover;
                node.Tag = tag;

+                if (viewDetails)
+                    ViewDetailsRow(node);
+
                if (state.m_OM.DepthTarget.Resource == ResourceId.Null)
                    EmptyRow(node);
            }
@@ -1652,6 +1759,96 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            UpdateState();
        }

+        private void HideViewDetailsTooltip()
+        {
+            if (m_CurViewDetailNode != null)
+                toolTip.Hide(m_CurViewDetailNode.OwnerView);
+            m_CurViewDetailNode = null;
+        }
+
+        private void textureCell_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+        }
+
+        private void textureCell_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
+        {
+            TreelistView.TreeListView view = sender as TreelistView.TreeListView;
+
+            if (view == null)
+            {
+                HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            TreelistView.Node node = view.GetHitNode();
+
+            if (node == null)
+            {
+                HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (m_ViewDetailNodes.Contains(node))
+            {
+                if (node != m_CurViewDetailNode)
+                {
+                    // round y up to the next row
+                    int y = (e.Location.Y - view.Columns.Options.HeaderHeight) / view.RowOptions.ItemHeight;
+                    y = view.Columns.Options.HeaderHeight + (y + 1) * view.RowOptions.ItemHeight;
+
+                    string text = "";
+
+                    ViewTexTag tex = (node.Tag as ViewTexTag);
+                    ViewBufTag buf = (node.Tag as ViewBufTag);
+
+                    if (tex != null)
+                    {
+                        if (tex.tex.format != tex.view.Format)
+                            text += String.Format("The texture is format {0}, the view treats it as {1}.\n",
+                                tex.tex.format, tex.view.Format);
+
+                        if (tex.tex.mips > 1 && (tex.tex.mips != tex.view.NumMipLevels || tex.view.HighestMip > 0))
+                        {
+                            if (tex.view.NumMipLevels == 1)
+                                text += String.Format("The texture has {0} mips, the view covers mip {1}.\n",
+                                    tex.tex.mips, tex.view.HighestMip, tex.view.HighestMip);
+                            else
+                                text += String.Format("The texture has {0} mips, the view covers mips {1}-{2}.\n",
+                                    tex.tex.mips, tex.view.HighestMip, tex.view.HighestMip + tex.view.NumMipLevels - 1);
+                        }
+
+                        if (tex.tex.arraysize > 1 && (tex.tex.arraysize != tex.view.ArraySize || tex.view.FirstArraySlice > 0))
+                        {
+                            if (tex.view.ArraySize == 1)
+                                text += String.Format("The texture has {0} array slices, the view covers slice {1}.\n",
+                                    tex.tex.arraysize, tex.view.FirstArraySlice, tex.view.FirstArraySlice);
+                            else
+                                text += String.Format("The texture has {0} array slices, the view covers slices {1}-{2}.\n",
+                                    tex.tex.arraysize, tex.view.FirstArraySlice, tex.view.FirstArraySlice + tex.view.ArraySize);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if (buf != null)
+                    {
+                        text += String.Format("The view covers bytes {0}-{1} ({2} elements).\nThe buffer is {3} bytes in length ({4} elements).",
+                            buf.view.FirstElement * buf.view.ElementSize,
+                            (buf.view.FirstElement + buf.view.NumElements) * buf.view.ElementSize,
+                            buf.view.NumElements,
+                            buf.buf.byteSize,
+                            buf.buf.byteSize / buf.view.ElementSize);
+                    }
+
+                    toolTip.Show(text.TrimEnd(), view, e.Location.X + Cursor.Size.Width, y);
+
+                    m_CurViewDetailNode = node;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+            }
+        }
+
        // launch the appropriate kind of viewer, depending on the type of resource that's in this node
        private void textureCell_CellDoubleClick(TreelistView.Node node)
        {
@@ -1661,6 +1858,19 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

            if (stage == null) return;

+            D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view = null;
+
+            if (tag is ViewTexTag)
+            {
+                view = (tag as ViewTexTag).view;
+                tag = (tag as ViewTexTag).tex;
+            }
+            if (tag is ViewBufTag)
+            {
+                view = (tag as ViewBufTag).view;
+                tag = (tag as ViewBufTag).buf;
+            }
+
            if (tag is FetchTexture)
            {
                FetchTexture tex = (FetchTexture)tag;
@@ -1668,7 +1878,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                if (tex.resType == ShaderResourceType.Buffer)
                {
                    var viewer = new BufferViewer(m_Core, false);
-                    viewer.ViewRawBuffer(false, 0, ulong.MaxValue, tex.ID);
+                    viewer.ViewRawBuffer(false, view.FirstElement, view.NumElements*view.ElementSize, tex.ID);
                    viewer.Show(m_DockContent.DockPanel);
                }
                else
@@ -1682,7 +1892,6 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            else if(tag is FetchBuffer)
            {
                FetchBuffer buf = (FetchBuffer)tag;
-                D3D11PipelineState.ShaderStage.ResourceView view = null;

                string format = "";

@@ -3359,6 +3359,11 @@
            this.showEmpty.Text = "Show Empty";
            this.showEmpty.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.hideEmpty_Click);
            // 
+            // toolTip
+            // 
+            this.toolTip.UseAnimation = false;
+            this.toolTip.UseFading = false;
+            // 
            // exportDialog
            // 
            this.exportDialog.DefaultExt = "html";
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
        private List<TreelistView.Node> m_VBNodes = new List<TreelistView.Node>();
        private List<TreelistView.Node> m_BindNodes = new List<TreelistView.Node>();

+        // keep track of resource nodes that need view details
+        private List<TreelistView.Node> m_ViewDetailNodes = new List<TreelistView.Node>();
+
+        TreelistView.Node m_CurViewDetailNode = null;
+
        private struct IABufferTag
        {
            public IABufferTag(ResourceId i, ulong offs)
@@ -86,6 +91,26 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            public ulong size;
        };

+        private class ViewTexTag
+        {
+            public ViewTexTag(ResourceFormat f, UInt32 bm, UInt32 bl, UInt32 nm, UInt32 nl, FetchTexture t)
+            {
+                fmt = f;
+                baseMip = bm;
+                baseLayer = bl;
+                numMip = nm;
+                numLayer = nl;
+                tex = t;
+            }
+
+            public ResourceFormat fmt;
+            public UInt32 baseMip;
+            public UInt32 baseLayer;
+            public UInt32 numMip;
+            public UInt32 numLayer;
+            public FetchTexture tex;
+        };
+
        private Dictionary<TreelistView.Node, TreelistView.Node> m_CombinedImageSamplers = new Dictionary<TreelistView.Node, TreelistView.Node>();

        public VulkanPipelineStateViewer(Core core, DockContent c)
@@ -157,6 +182,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

        public void OnLogfileClosed()
        {
+            HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+            m_ViewDetailNodes.Clear();
+
            viAttrs.Nodes.Clear();
            viBuffers.Nodes.Clear();
            topology.Text = "";
@@ -225,6 +253,47 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            node.Italic = true;
        }

+        private void ViewDetailsRow(TreelistView.Node node)
+        {
+            node.BackColor = Color.Aquamarine;
+            m_ViewDetailNodes.Add(node);
+        }
+
+        private bool HasImportantViewParams(VulkanPipelineState.Pipeline.DescriptorSet.DescriptorBinding.BindingElement view, FetchTexture tex)
+        {
+            // Since mutable formats are more unclear in vulkan (it allows casting between any
+            // similar format, and the underlying texture still has a valid format), we consider
+            // a format difference to be important even though we display the view's format in
+            // the row data itself
+            if (view.viewfmt != tex.format ||
+                view.baseMip > 0 || view.baseLayer > 0 ||
+                (view.numMip < tex.mips && tex.mips > 1) ||
+                (view.numLayer < tex.arraysize && tex.arraysize > 1))
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool HasImportantViewParams(VulkanPipelineState.Pipeline.DescriptorSet.DescriptorBinding.BindingElement view, FetchBuffer buf)
+        {
+            if (view.offset > 0 || view.size < buf.byteSize)
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        private bool HasImportantViewParams(VulkanPipelineState.CurrentPass.Framebuffer.Attachment att, FetchTexture tex)
+        {
+            // see above in BindingElement overload for justification for comparing formats
+            if (att.viewfmt != tex.format ||
+                att.baseMip > 0 || att.baseLayer > 0 ||
+                (att.numMip < tex.mips && tex.mips > 1) ||
+                (att.numLayer < tex.arraysize && tex.arraysize > 1))
+                return true;
+
+            return false;
+        }
+
        private void ClearShaderState(Label shader, TreelistView.TreeListView resources,
                                      TreelistView.TreeListView cbuffers)
        {
@@ -459,6 +528,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                    string name = "Empty";
                    ShaderResourceType restype = ShaderResourceType.None;
                    object tag = null;
+                    bool viewDetails = false;

                    if (filledSlot && descriptorBind != null)
                    {
@@ -479,7 +549,15 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                restype = texs[t].resType;
                                samples = texs[t].msSamp;

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(descriptorBind, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(
+                                        descriptorBind.viewfmt,
+                                        descriptorBind.baseMip, descriptorBind.baseLayer,
+                                        descriptorBind.numMip, descriptorBind.numLayer,
+                                        texs[t]
+                                    );
                            }
                        }

@@ -498,6 +576,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                                tag = new BufferResTag(isrw, bindPoint, bufs[t].ID, descriptorBind.offset, descriptorBind.size);

+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(descriptorBind, bufs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
                                isbuf = true;
                            }
                        }
@@ -649,6 +730,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                            if (!usedSlot)
                                InactiveRow(node);
+
+                            if (viewDetails)
+                                ViewDetailsRow(node);
                        }

                        if (bindType == ShaderBindType.ImageSampler)
@@ -1470,6 +1554,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        string name = "Texture " + p.ToString();
                        string typename = "Unknown";
                        object tag = null;
+                        bool viewDetails = false;

                        if (p.img == ResourceId.Null)
                        {
@@ -1503,7 +1588,10 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                                    }
                                }

-                                tag = texs[t];
+                                if (HasImportantViewParams(p, texs[t]))
+                                    viewDetails = true;
+
+                                tag = new ViewTexTag(p.viewfmt, p.baseMip, p.baseLayer, p.numMip, p.numLayer, texs[t]);
                            }
                        }

@@ -1526,11 +1614,20 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                        node.Tag = tag;

                        if (p.img == ResourceId.Null)
+                        {
                            EmptyRow(node);
+                        }
                        else if (!usedSlot)
+                        {
                            InactiveRow(node);
+                        }
                        else
+                        {
                            targets[i] = true;
+
+                            if (viewDetails)
+                                ViewDetailsRow(node);
+                        }
                    }

                    i++;
@@ -1692,6 +1789,117 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
            UpdateState();
        }

+        private void HideViewDetailsTooltip()
+        {
+            if (m_CurViewDetailNode != null)
+                toolTip.Hide(m_CurViewDetailNode.OwnerView);
+            m_CurViewDetailNode = null;
+        }
+
+        private void MakeNodesTransparent(TreelistView.TreeListView treeview)
+        {
+            foreach (var n in treeview.Nodes)
+            {
+                foreach (var n2 in n.Nodes)
+                    n2.DefaultBackColor = Color.Transparent;
+                n.DefaultBackColor = Color.Transparent;
+            }
+
+            treeview.Invalidate();
+        }
+
+        private void resource_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            MakeNodesTransparent((TreelistView.TreeListView)sender);
+
+            HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+        }
+
+        private void resource_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
+        {
+            TreelistView.TreeListView treeview = (TreelistView.TreeListView)sender;
+
+            if (m_Core.CurVulkanPipelineState == null) return;
+
+            Point mousePoint = treeview.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
+            var hoverNode = treeview.CalcHitNode(mousePoint);
+
+            MakeNodesTransparent(treeview);
+
+            if (hoverNode != null)
+            {
+                if (hoverNode.Tag is SamplerData)
+                {
+                    SamplerData data = (SamplerData)hoverNode.Tag;
+                    foreach (var imgnode in data.images)
+                        imgnode.DefaultBackColor = Color.Wheat;
+                }
+                else if (m_CombinedImageSamplers.ContainsKey(hoverNode))
+                {
+                    m_CombinedImageSamplers[hoverNode].DefaultBackColor = Color.LightCyan;
+                }
+
+                if (m_ViewDetailNodes.Contains(hoverNode))
+                {
+                    if (hoverNode != m_CurViewDetailNode)
+                    {
+                        // round y up to the next row
+                        int y = (e.Location.Y - treeview.Columns.Options.HeaderHeight) / treeview.RowOptions.ItemHeight;
+                        y = treeview.Columns.Options.HeaderHeight + (y + 1) * treeview.RowOptions.ItemHeight;
+
+                        string text = "";
+
+                        ViewTexTag tex = (hoverNode.Tag as ViewTexTag);
+                        BufferResTag buf = (hoverNode.Tag as BufferResTag);
+
+                        if (tex != null)
+                        {
+                            if (tex.tex.format != tex.fmt)
+                                text += String.Format("The texture is format {0}, the view treats it as {1}.\n",
+                                    tex.tex.format, tex.fmt);
+
+                            if (tex.tex.mips > 1 && (tex.tex.mips != tex.numMip || tex.baseMip > 0))
+                            {
+                                if (tex.numMip == 1)
+                                    text += String.Format("The texture has {0} mips, the view covers mip {1}.\n",
+                                        tex.tex.mips, tex.baseMip);
+                                else
+                                    text += String.Format("The texture has {0} mips, the view covers mips {1}-{2}.\n",
+                                        tex.tex.mips, tex.baseMip, tex.baseMip + tex.numMip - 1);
+                            }
+
+                            if (tex.tex.arraysize > 1 && (tex.tex.arraysize != tex.numLayer || tex.baseLayer > 0))
+                            {
+                                if (tex.numLayer == 1)
+                                    text += String.Format("The texture has {0} array slices, the view covers slice {1}.\n",
+                                        tex.tex.arraysize, tex.baseLayer);
+                                else
+                                    text += String.Format("The texture has {0} array slices, the view covers slices {1}-{2}.\n",
+                                        tex.tex.arraysize, tex.baseLayer, tex.baseLayer + tex.numLayer);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else if (buf != null)
+                        {
+                            text += String.Format("The view covers bytes {0}-{1}.\nThe buffer is {3} bytes in length.",
+                                buf.offset, buf.size,
+                                m_Core.GetBuffer(buf.ID).byteSize);
+                        }
+
+                        toolTip.Show(text.TrimEnd(), treeview, e.Location.X + Cursor.Size.Width, y);
+
+                        m_CurViewDetailNode = hoverNode;
+                    }
+                }
+                else // node is not in view details list
+                {
+                    HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                HideViewDetailsTooltip();
+            }
+        }
        // launch the appropriate kind of viewer, depending on the type of resource that's in this node
        private void textureCell_CellDoubleClick(TreelistView.Node node)
        {
@@ -1701,6 +1909,9 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

            if (stage == null) return;

+            if (tag is ViewTexTag)
+                tag = (tag as ViewTexTag).tex;
+
            if (tag is FetchTexture)
            {
                FetchTexture tex = (FetchTexture)tag;
@@ -2583,13 +2794,13 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                            name = tex.name;

                            if (tex.mips > 1)
-                                viewParams = String.Format("Highest Mip: {0}", descriptorBind.baseMip);
+                                viewParams = String.Format("Mips: {0}-{1}", descriptorBind.baseMip, descriptorBind.baseMip+descriptorBind.numMip - 1);

                            if (tex.arraysize > 1)
                            {
                                if (viewParams.Length > 0)
                                    viewParams += ", ";
-                                viewParams += String.Format("First array slice: {0}", descriptorBind.baseLayer);
+                                viewParams += String.Format("Layers: {0}-{1}", descriptorBind.baseLayer, descriptorBind.baseLayer + descriptorBind.numLayer - 1);
                            }
                        }

@@ -2943,7 +3154,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState

                    rows.Add(new object[] {
                        i,
-                        name, a.baseMip, a.baseArray });
+                        name, a.baseMip, a.numMip, a.baseLayer, a.numLayer });

                    i++;
                }
@@ -2951,7 +3162,7 @@ namespace renderdocui.Windows.PipelineState
                ExportHTMLTable(writer,
                    new string[] {
                        "Slot",
-                        "Image", "First mip", "First array slice",
+                        "Image", "First mip", "Number of mips", "First array layer", "Number of layers",
                    },
                    rows.ToArray());
            }
@@ -3193,44 +3404,5 @@ div.stage table tr td { border-right: 1px solid #AAAAAA; background-color: #EEEE
            }
        }

-        private void resource_MouseLeave(object sender, EventArgs e)
-        {
-            TreelistView.TreeListView treeview = (TreelistView.TreeListView)sender;
-
-            foreach (var n in treeview.Nodes)
-            {
-                foreach (var n2 in n.Nodes)
-                    n2.DefaultBackColor = Color.Transparent;
-                n.DefaultBackColor = Color.Transparent;
-            }
-
-            treeview.Invalidate();
-        }
-
-        private void resource_MouseMove(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
-        {
-            TreelistView.TreeListView treeview = (TreelistView.TreeListView)sender;
-
-            if (m_Core.CurVulkanPipelineState == null) return;
-
-            Point mousePoint = treeview.PointToClient(Cursor.Position);
-            var hoverNode = treeview.CalcHitNode(mousePoint);
-
-            resource_MouseLeave(sender, e);
-
-            if (hoverNode != null)
-            {
-                if (hoverNode.Tag is SamplerData)
-                {
-                    SamplerData data = (SamplerData)hoverNode.Tag;
-                    foreach (var imgnode in data.images)
-                        imgnode.DefaultBackColor = Color.Wheat;
-                }
-                else if (m_CombinedImageSamplers.ContainsKey(hoverNode))
-                {
-                    m_CombinedImageSamplers[hoverNode].DefaultBackColor = Color.LightCyan;
-                }
-            }
-        }
   }
 }