Please note : This help page is not for the latest version of Enterprise Architect. The latest help can be found here.
Toolbox Shortcut Menu
When you add elements and connectors into a diagram, you can do so using the Toolbox shortcut menu instead of employing the full graphical Toolbox. The menu provides options to select:
| · | Elements specific to the current diagram type |
| · | Relationships specific to the current diagram type |
| · | Elements and relationships from any pages pinned in the Toolbox |
| · | Common elements and relationships |
| · | Elements and connectors for other diagram types |
The advantage of using the shortcut menu is that it provides an increased amount of the workspace to be used for diagramming rather than displaying fixed (instead of pop-up) menus.
Use the Toolbox shortcut menu
Step |
Action |
See also |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Open a diagram.
|
|
||||||
2 |
Either:
The shortcut menu displays, listing the current diagram-type elements and connectors.
|
|
||||||
3 |
If necessary, to list elements and connectors for a different diagram type, select the Other, Common or Artifact options, or a pinned Toolbox page option.
|
|
||||||
4 |
Click on the element or connector to include in the diagram; the element is added to the diagram, or you can drag from one element to another to create the connector. If you select the Other context menu option, the final menu in the sequence offers the Activate <Type> Toolbox option at the top; this opens and activates the corresponding page in the Toolbox, if the Toolbox is visible.
|
|
Notes
| · | As with the Toolbox itself, if an MDG Technology: |
| · | Is active |
| · | Automatically pins Toolbox pages, and |
| · | Duplicates UML or Extended pages |
The pinned Technology pages override and replace the pinned UML or Extended pages in the initial Toolbox shortcut menu
