Model Views Context Menus

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Properties

(Not for the initial Model Views or Technology-defined root nodes.)

Display the appropriate 'Properties' dialog for the selected object.

You can edit any of the properties, if required; changes to objects populated from the model are reflected in all other views (Properties window, diagrams, reports) of that object.

The 'Properties' option for a Slideshow folder displays the 'Slideshow Properties' dialog, which enables you to automate the slide show and set the number of seconds for which each diagram is displayed. If you deselect the 'Enable' checkbox, you must press Spacebar to display each diagram.

New Views Folder

(Root node only)

Display a prompt for the Views folder name and create the folder in the selected root node.

New Model View

(Root Nodes only)

Add a new Model View root node; displays a prompt for the View name.

Import Views From XML

(Root node only)

Prompt for the XML file location and create a new Model Views node to hold the imported Views.

Export to XML (Views Only)

(Root node only)

Prompt for a file path and name, and copy all Views under the selected root node to an XML file at that location.

Remove Model View

(Not for the initial Model Views or Technology-defined root nodes)

Display a prompt to delete the selected user-defined Model View and, if confirmed, delete the root node and all contents.

New Search Folder

(View folder only)

Display the 'Create New View' dialog (similar to the 'View Properties' dialog) for you to define the search that populates the View.

New Favorites Folder

(View folder only)

Display the 'Create a new favorites based folder' dialog, which prompts for the folder name.

New Slideshow

(Model View, View folder only)

Display the 'Create a new slideshow' dialog, in which you type the name of the slide show.

You must use the 'Properties' dialog to define the properties of the slide show.

Open Search

(Search View only)

Display the Model Search screen in the main work area, listing the full results of the search and giving access to all the facilities of the Model Search.

Shortcut: Shift+Space

Refresh

(Search View only)

Refresh the search and open the View to show the elements or documents retrieved by the search.

Shortcut: Space

Double Click Opens Search

(Search View only)

Enable you to perform the 'Open Search' function by double-clicking on the View.

If you deselect this option, double-click refreshes the search and opens the View to show the elements retrieved by the search.

Remove Folder

(View folder only)

Display a prompt to delete the selected Views folder and, if confirmed, delete the folder and all contents.

Remove View

Display a prompt to delete the selected Search View and, if confirmed, delete the View and all contents.

Remove Favorites

Display a prompt to delete the selected Favorites folder and, if confirmed, delete the folder and all contents.

Remove Slideshow

Display a prompt to confirm deletion of the selected slide show and, if confirmed, delete the slide show and all its diagrams.

Run Slideshow

Run the slide show in the Diagram View.

Run Slideshow Full Screen

Run the slide show in full screen mode, so that the slide show fills the whole screen.

Stop Slideshow

Cancel execution of the slide show running in the Diagram View.

Shortcut: Esc

In Project Browser

(An element, diagram or Package object only)

Highlight the selected item in the Browser window.

Find in all Diagrams

(An element or child Package object only)

Locate the selected object in any diagrams in which it has been used in the model, and either:

• Display the single diagram with the object highlighted or
• List the several diagrams in which the object has been located

Remove Linked Item

(An element, diagram or Package object only)

Display a prompt to delete the selected object and, if confirmed, remove the object from the folder.

This has no effect on the object in the Browser window or any diagrams.

You would not delete an object in a View, as it is replaced the next time the View is refreshed.

Edit Connections

(On the Model Library folder) Displays the 'Team Documents Server Connections' dialog, on which you set up and manage the connections to Model Libraries in the current model and other models. Once a connection is defined, it is automatically established when you click on the model name.

Open Model Library

Opens the connection to the currently-selected Model Library and lists the folders containing the content.

Find Document

Locates the selected Model Library document in the Library window, and opens the document in the 'Team Document' tab of the main Enterprise Architect work area.

Help

(Root nodes only)

Display Help on Model Views.