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Properties Dialog
The element 'Properties' dialog helps you to define and review a wide range of properties of a selected element. For a Class, these properties include:
- General settings, such as name, notes, alias, stereotype (if any), version, scope, dates created and modified, and status
- Details such as cardinality, concurrency and features (attributes and operations) owned
- Advanced, or custom, properties that you can edit
- Tagged Values assigned to the element
- Technology-specific Tagged Values grouped on a separate tab
- Requirements associated with the element, both internal (responsibilities) and external
- Constraints on the element's actions
- Scenarios under which the element operates
- External files associated with the element
- Links (relationships or connectors) in which the element is the source or target
These properties are presented on either a main tab of the 'Properties' dialog or a secondary tab in the panel at the right of the dialog.
Access
On a diagram or in the Project Browser, select an element and:
Ribbon |
Design > Element > Properties > Properties Dialog |
Context Menu |
Right-click on element | Properties (if 'Prefer Property dialogs' is selected in the Visual Style options) Right-click on element | Properties | Special Action (if 'Prefer Property dialogs' is not selected in the Visual Style options; the option displays the modal dialog for the element type which, in most cases, is the 'Properties' dialog) |
Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Buttons
On any tab of the 'Properties' dialog, at any time, you can click on the buttons at the foot of the dialog and save or clear your changes.
Button |
Action |
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OK |
Click on this button to save your changes and close the 'Properties' dialog. |
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Cancel |
Click on this button to abort your changes and close the 'Properties' dialog. |
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Apply |
Click on this button to save your changes and keep the 'Properties' dialog open, so that you can continue working. It is a good idea to click on this button when you have finished working on a tab and are just about to move on to another tab. |
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Help |
Click on this button to display the Help topic for the tab you are currently working on. |
Notes
- There are several variations of the 'Properties' dialog:
- The dialog for a Table or Stored Procedure element has slight differences on the 'General' tab, and
a 'Table Details' (or 'Stored Procedure Details') tab instead of a 'Details' tab
- The dialog for a Class element of a stereotype other than Table is as shown in the General Settings
topic
- The dialog for an element of any type other than Class does not have a 'Details' tab
- System Boundaries have a single 'Properties' tab on which you define the element appearance
- The 'Properties' dialog for Wireframe elements automatically opens to either a main Wireframe' tab
on which you can edit the element rendering directly, or a second-level Wireframing Tagged Values'
tab (from the General tab) if you define the element rendering by editing the XML for the
properties of that element type
- In all cases, the 'Properties' dialog is expandable; you can enlarge it for adding longer entries and clearer reading of the text field values
- The 'Tags' tab of the 'Properties' dialog simply provides the Tagged Values window within the frame of the 'Properties' dialog
- If Tagged Values have been derived from a stereotyped element in a Profile, they are listed on a separate tab having the Profile name; they are still listed on the Tagged Values window, in a separate compartment
- An Object element will show the properties of its classifier, some of which are changed to represent this specific instance of the classifier
Learn more
- General Settings
- Details
- Advanced Properties
- Tagged Values
- Requirements
- Constraints
- Scenarios
- Associated Files
- Links
- Templates
- Object Display Options
- Working With Table Properties
- Port
- Part
- The Property Tab
- Interactions and Activities
- Action
- Trigger
- Behavior Calls
- Action Pin
- System Boundary Properties
- Classifiers and Instances
- Wireframe Modeling