Patent ID: 8607151

Claim:
A graphical user interface operable for display on an electronic system executing on a processor and operable for debugging an application operable on a particular graphics pipeline subunit, said graphical user interface comprising: a first window for rendering a plurality of draw call groups on a display and operable to allow user selection of a particular draw call group from said plurality of draw call groups, wherein each draw call group comprises a respective plurality of draw calls, and wherein all draw calls associated with each draw call group share common state attributes of a prescribed state; a second window for rendering identifications of a plurality of graphics pipeline subunits on said display, and said second window further operable to allow user selection of said particular graphics pipeline subunit from said plurality of graphics pipeline subunits; and a third window operable to render a plurality of state information on said display, wherein said plurality of state information is associated with said particular graphics pipeline subunit and further associated with said particular draw call group and further associated with a selection of a particular draw call from respective draw calls of said particular draw call group.