All graph views with a time axis display bookmarks. Bookmarks are vertical lines at certain
points of the time axis. Every bookmark has a description. When you hover with the mouse
above a bookmark, the description will be displayed in a tooltip window.
Bookmarks are global for all views, i.e. a bookmark is displayed
in all graphs and has the same description everywhere.
Bookmarks are created
when starting and stopping allocation recording
When you start or stop allocation recording, a bookmark will be added.
For the start event, the bookmark is a solid line, for the stop event, the bookmark is a dashed line.
The color of the bookmarks is blue-green.
when starting and stopping CPU recording
When you start or stop CPU recording, a bookmark will be added.
For the start event, the bookmark is a solid line, for the stop event, the bookmark is a dashed line.
The color of the bookmarks is violet.
manually
You can manually add a bookmark at the current time by
clicking on the add bookmark
button in the toolbar.
choosing Profiler->Add bookmark from the main menu.
You can add a bookmark at any past moment in time by moving the mouse to the desired point on
a graph view with a time axis and choose Add bookmark here here from the main menu.
from the profiling API
You can use the profiling API in order to add a
bookmark programatically.
Bookmarks can be renamed by right-clicking a bookmark in a graph view and choosing
Rename bookmark from the context menu. An input dialog will be opened
where you can edit the old description.
Bookmarks can be deleted by right-clicking a bookmark in a graph view and choosing
Delete bookmark from the context menu. After a confirmation dialog
the bookmark will be deleted.