Context menus

Context menu on a model element

When you right-click on an element in the explorer, the context menu shown below appears.

The context menu on an element in the explorer

The commands available in this context menu are as follows:

· "Macros": This opens the sub-menu associated with the Macros MDAC, which contains the commands used to create, modify, execute and delete Objecteering macros. This command is only available when the Macros MDAC has been deployed in your project.

· "Cut": This cuts the selected element, thereby removing it from its current location, ready to be pasted into another element.

· "Copy": This copies the selected element to the clipboard.

· "Paste": This pastes the previously copied element inside the selected element.

· "Move": This moves the selected element to the location of your choice.

· "Delete": This deletes the selected element.

· "Edit": This opens the dialog box for the selected element.

· "Check model": This runs a consistency check on the selected element.

· "Open in new explorer": This launches a new sub-explorer, with the selected element as its root.

· "MDACs": This opens a sub-menu which contains an entry for each MDAC deployed in your project. For each MDAC, another sub-menu exists, containing commands specific to the MDAC in question.

Context menu on a UML 2.0 diagram

When you right-click in the background of a UML 2.0 diagram, the context menu shown below appears.

The context menu on a UML 2.0 diagram

The commands available in this context menu are as follows:

· "Macros": This opens the sub-menu associated with the Macros MDAC, which contains the commands used to create, modify, execute and delete Objecteering macros. This command is only available when the Macros MDAC has been deployed in your project.

· "Edit": This opens the diagram's dialog box.

· "Check model": This runs a consistency check on the diagram.

· "Unmask": This opens a sub-menu, in which you can choose exactly what you want to unmask in the diagram.

· "MDACs": This opens a sub-menu which contains an entry for each MDAC deployed in your project. For each MDAC, an additional sub-menu exists, containing commands specific to the MDAC in question.

· "Select in explorer": This selects the diagram in the explorer, thereby allowing you to see which model element the diagram belongs to.

Context menu on a graphic element in a UML 2.0 diagram

When you right-click on a graphic element in a UML 2.0 diagram, the context menu shown below appears.

The context menu on a graphic element in a UML 2.0 diagram

The commands available in this context menu are as follows:

· "Macros": This opens the sub-menu associated with the Macros MDAC, which contains the commands used to create, modify, execute and delete Objecteering macros. This command is only available when the Macros MDAC has been deployed in your project.

· "Delete": This deletes the selected element.

· "Edit": This opens the dialog box for the selected element.

· "Check model": This runs a consistency check on the selected element.

· "Mask": This opens a sub-menu, in which you can choose exactly what you want to mask.

· "Unmask": This opens a sub-menu, in which you can choose exactly what you want to unmask.

· "Representation options": This defines how the elements in a diagram will be represented. You can define your own options, or reset default options, according to your own personal criteria. The representation options provided are as follows:

· "Show visibility", which is used to graphically display the visibility of the selected element (using the +, - and # visibility symbols).

· "Show namespacing", which is used to show the full namespace of the selected element.

· "Show tagged values", which displays the tagged values used to annotate the selected element.

· "Show signature", which displays the signature of the selected element (for elements that have a signature).

· "Stereotype representation", which is used to select how you want stereotypes to appear. You can choose from no representation, textual representation, icon representation or large icon representation.

· "Graphic options": This opens the "Customize options" window, in which you can define the colors and font you wish to use in your diagram.

· "Fit to content": This adjusts the size of the selected element to its contents.

· "Open in new explorer": This launches a new sub-explorer, with the selected element as its root.

· "MDACs": This opens a sub-menu which contains an entry for each MDAC deployed in your project. For each MDAC, another sub-menu exists, containing commands specific to the MDAC in question.

· "Select in explorer": This selects in the explorer the element selected in the diagram.

Note: When the element selected in the UML 2.0 diagram is a link, an additional command, "Redraw link", is also available in the context menu. This command is used to redraw the path of an existing link.

Context menu on a UML 1.4 diagram

When you right-click in the background of a UML 1.4 diagram, the context menu shown below appears.

The context menu on a UML 1.4 diagram

The commands available in this context menu are as follows:

· "Macros": This opens the sub-menu associated with the Macros MDAC, which contains the commands used to create, modify, execute and delete Objecteering macros. This command is only available when the Macros MDAC has been deployed in your project.

· "Paste": This pastes the previously copied selection into the diagram.

· "Copy image": This copies the diagram to the clipboard as an image.

· "Save as": This opens the "Save" window, in which you can specify where you want to save the diagram.

· "Edit": This opens the diagram's dialog box.

· "Check model": This runs a consistency check on the diagram.

· "MDACs": This opens a sub-menu which contains an entry for each MDAC deployed in your project. For each MDAC, an additional sub-menu exists, containing commands specific to the MDAC in question.

· "Layout": This modifies the diagram layout.

· "Open in new explorer": This launches a new sub-explorer, with the selected element as its root.

· "Select in explorer": This selects the diagram in the explorer, thereby allowing you to see which model element the diagram belongs to.

Context menu on a graphic element in a UML 1.4 diagram

When you right-click on a graphic element in a UML 1.4 diagram, the context menu shown below appears.

The context menu on a graphic element in a UML 1.4 diagram

The commands available in this context menu are as follows:

· "Macros": This opens the sub-menu associated with the Macros MDAC, which contains the commands used to create, modify, execute and delete Objecteering macros. This command is only available when the Macros MDAC has been deployed in your project.

· "Cut": This cuts the selected element, thereby removing it from its current location, ready to be pasted into another element.

· "Copy": This copies the selected element to the clipboard.

· "Paste": This pastes the previously copied element inside the selected element.

· "Delete": This deletes the selected element.

· "Edit": This opens the dialog box for the selected element.

· "Check model": This runs a consistency check on the selected element.

· "Detail level": This presents the selected element in detail (visibility, operation signature, …).

· "Mask": This opens a sub-menu, in which you can choose to mask either the selected element itself or its contents.

· "Unmask": This opens a sub-menu, in which you can choose to unmask either the contents of or the links belonging to the selected element.

· "Resources": This opens the "Resources" window, used to edit the graphic resources of the element.

· "Fit to content": This adjusts the size of the selected element to its contents.

· "Open in new explorer": This launches a new sub-explorer, with the selected element as its root.

· "MDACs": This opens a sub-menu which contains an entry for each MDAC deployed in your project. For each MDAC, an additional sub-menu exists, containing commands specific to the MDAC in question.

· "Select in explorer": This selects in the explorer the element selected in the diagram.