Diagram View

Browser Window

• Double-click on the diagram name, or
• Select the diagram node and press the Enter key

Caption Bar

Across the top of a diagram is the diagram caption bar, which includes:

• A horizontal 'chevron' icon to display or hide the Diagram Toolbox docked on the left of the Diagram View, from which point you can drag it and dock it elsewhere; if you then hide the toolbox and show it again, it is placed back on the left of the Diagram View
  Whichever diagram you have displayed, the Toolbox pages are appropriate to that diagram type
• Icon and text label for the diagram type
• Diagram name
• A second 'chevron' icon that toggles display of the inline specification panel for the diagram (see the later table entry on this view).
• A drop-down arrow that lists the currently-open diagrams and views; click on:
       -  A diagram or view name to switch to that diagram or view
       -  Options to redisplay the hidden Start Page and (if defined) the Model Default
          diagram, Model Default Kanban chart, User Default diagram or User Default
          Kanban chart
• The window 'close cross'; click on this to close the displayed diagram

The Diagram Toolbar

This is the fixed Toolbar that displays at the top of every diagram if the 'Show Diagram Toolbar' option is selected on the 'Window Behavior' page of the Preferences window. It provides a wide range of options to help you lay out, format, view and filter the contents of diagram.

Diagram View

The larger area underneath the Caption bar is the work area within which you can create and view the diagram structures. The borders of the printable diagram page are represented by pale broken lines; structures created beyond these borders will print on separate pages.

The Diagram View area is also where the diagram and object context menus operate, and where the representation of the model structure can be changed to a Specification Manager view, Relation Matrix View, Construct View (Resource Management), Gantt chart or Diagram List format.

Inline Specification Panel

This panel presents a textual specification of each element in the diagram, the elements being listed initially in alphabetical order. This helps you to visualize and read, at the same time, the section of the model represented by the diagram, giving a comprehensive view of the model. It is also useful when you are creating Package structures using templates (with the Model Builder); you can quickly update your elements without having to open another docked window. As you click on an element in either the diagram or panel, it is also selected in the other.

The panel does not display separately from the diagram; you toggle it on or off for each diagram individually.

You can double-click on the element name or notes in the panel and edit the text directly. You can also right-click on an element and select from these context menu options:

• Properties - to display the 'Properties' dialog for the element
• Edit Selection - to immediately put the element name in edit mode, to change it
• Edit Notes - to immediately put the element notes in edit mode, to change them
• Find in Project Browser - to locate and highlight the selected element in the Browser window
• Properties Window - to display the Properties window for the element
• Extended Properties - also displays the Properties window; view the 'Tags' tab and/or the <<stereotype>> segment of the 'Element' tab
• Apply Sort - to change the order in which the elements are listed, to the sequence of elements either left to right across the diagram, or top to bottom down the diagram
• Reload View - to refresh the display in the Inline Specification View