Scalar Inspector
The Scalar Inspector is the finest-grained view in Tensormorph - the bottom of the address space, showing everything Tensormorph knows about a single number.
What it shows
For any selected scalar:
- Value - the stored value, and for a quantized tensor, both the raw stored integer and the dequantized approximation, side by side.
- Address - its full path back up the hierarchy (model, layer, module, tensor, tile, row/column) - the same address a TQL expression would use to select it directly.
- Tensor metadata - shape, dtype, device, and whether this scalar sits inside a view or a copy of its base tensor.
- Local context - where this value sits relative to its tensor's statistics (how many standard deviations from the mean, whether it's flagged as an outlier).
Always available, never modal
Unlike a view you switch into, the Scalar Inspector's summary is available as a lightweight readout from any other view's Inspector panel the moment you hover or click a single element - opening the full Scalar Inspector is for when you want more than the summary card offers (full address history, a pinned comparison against the same scalar in another revision, or a runtime value if a capture point is active on this exact address).
Pinning
A scalar can be pinned to a persistent watch list, which keeps its current value visible regardless of what else you're navigating to - the finest-grained equivalent of pinning a whole tensor, and the natural place to watch a single suspicious value across a runtime trace or a morph materialization.
Related resources
- Tensor, Matrix, Block and Scalar - the address-space level this view targets.
- NaN and Inf Detection - a common reason to inspect one specific scalar rather than a whole tensor.
- Runtime Traces - watching a pinned scalar's value across a live pass.