# Gcov main view

The Gcov view displays an overview of coverage information for the whole project.

Several buttons are available in the toolbar.

- : "Export to CSV" button allows you to export the gcov result as a CSV text file, suitable for any spreadsheet.
- : "Sort coverage per folder" button displays gcov result sorted by folder.
- : "Sort coverage per file" button displays gcov result sorted by file.
- : "Sort coverage per function" button displays gcov result sorted by function.

- : "Create Chart..." button allows you to create a BIRT chart, with the current lines selected in the gcov result view.

Double-clicking on a item in the result view will open the corresponding source location, annotated with coverage informations.

From the annotated editor, a user may determine the hit counts by hovering over the annotation, or the vertical ruler beside a line.

When one begins editing the source file, the annotations will vanish to avoid any confusion. To permanently disable the annotations a rebuild can be performed.