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Current Connector Toolbar

The Current Connector toolbar provides a number of options for quickly modifying the properties, style and direction of a connector, showing and hiding a connector and/or its labels, and pinning each end of the connector.

Current Connector toolbar in Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect.

Access

Ribbon

Show > Portals > Show Toolbar > Connector

Current Connector Toolbar Options

Icon/Option	Action	See also
Connector Properties	Click on this option to display the '<connector type> Properties' dialog, on which you can view and edit the properties of the selected connector. Shortcut: Enter key	Connector Properties
Connector Style	Click on the drop-down arrow and select the appropriate connector line style from the list. The options are: Direct Route Auto Routing Custom Routing Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+Shift+C	Connector Styles
Attach Note or Constraint	Click on this option to display the 'Link Relations' dialog, which you use to attach a note or constraint to the selected connector and to any other existing connectors in the current diagram. Double-click on the Note element to display the 'Notes' dialog on which to type in the text.	Add a Note to a Connector
Show or Hide Connector Labels	Click on this option to display the 'Label Visibility' dialog, which you use to specify which of the eight possible label positions around the selected connector are to be displayed.	Hide/Show Labels
Show and Hide Relationships	Click on this option to display the 'Set Visible Relations' dialog, through which you can show or hide each of the relationships between elements within the current diagram. Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+I	Relationship Visibility
Reverse Direction	Click on this option to simply reverse the direction of the selected connector.	Reverse Connector
Pin Connector Ends	Click on the down-arrow to select the end of the selected connector to pin to the source and/or target elements. The pinned end cannot be dragged off the point on the element border to which it has been fixed. Some connector line styles (such as the Tree styles) are not compatible with pinning the connector ends; if a pinned connector is changed to one of these styles, the connector ends will be unpinned.

Notes

You can move this toolbar to any dockable position and it retains that position in subsequent sessions
You can hide or show the toolbar by clicking on the 'Show > Portals > Show Toolbar > Connector' ribbon option