Element List Options

Toolbar Options

You can also influence what information is displayed on the Element List by clicking on the Options icon in the toolbar. This displays the Element List Options dialog, with two checkboxes:

  • Show nested packages content - defaults to deselected, so child packages are not expanded in the list; select to show the contents of child packages in the selected package or element
  • Show notes compartment - defaults to selected to show the element notes; deselect the checkbox to hide the notes text.

Audit History

In the Corporate edition of Enterprise Architect, if Auditing is turned on and the Element List is open, you can view a history of changes to any selected element or connector, in the Audit History tab of the Output window. (If security is enabled, you must have at least Audit View permissions to display the audit history).

Work on Elements in the Element List

You can also use the context menu to perform operations on elements in the Element List. Right-click on the required element to display the context menu. The menu options are described below:

Menu Option

Use to

Properties

Display the Properties dialog for the selected element.

Add New

If the Filter List field in the toolbar is set to All, display the New Element dialog, through which you create an element of the required type.

If the Filter List field is set to a specific element type, this option adds an element of that type to the package or diagram in the Element List, the Project Browser and the Diagram View.

Alternatively, select the Add New icon in the Element List toolbar.

Edit Notes

Make the Notes area of the selected item available to create or edit the note text.

Alternatively, select the Edit Notes icon in the Element List toolbar.

Show Regions
(Hide Regions)

Show or hide the parent-child relationships between elements in a package (not in a diagram). If regions are hidden, all elements are listed with equal status. If regions are shown, the parent element has an expand/collapse box (expand-collapse) that enables you to hide its child elements.

Usage

Display the diagram that uses the element or, if the element is used in multiple diagrams, display the Element Usage dialog, which lists the diagrams that contain the element.

Bookmark Selected

Bookmark the element.

RTF Report

Generate an RTF report. You have two options:

  • Generate a separate report on each selected object in the report
  • Generate one report on all selected objects.

In either case, the Generate RTF Documentation dialog displays.

Alternatively, select the RTF Report icon in the Element List toolbar. This generates one report for all selected items.

Delete Selected

Delete the selected element from the Element List.

Alternatively, select the Delete Selected icon in the Element List toolbar.

Show as Diagram

Show the elements as the diagram instead of as the Element List.

Show Notes
(Hide Notes)

Display or hide the text of any internal notes that the elements have. (Not the text of Notes elements.)

Print

Print out the filtered results.

Alternatively, select the Print icon in the Element List toolbar.