Diagram Properties - Elements

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Use Stereotype Icons

For elements that have whole shapes drawn by Enterprise Architect (such as Analysis stereotypes), select this checkbox to draw the alternative shape (if defined).

For elements that have an icon displayed in the top right corner (such as an Artifact element), if 'Show Element Stereotypes' is selected, select this checkbox to display the stereotype icon instead of the stereotype text.

Show Element Stereotypes

For elements that have whole shapes drawn by Enterprise Architect, if 'Use Stereotype Icons' is deselected, select this checkbox to display any stereotype and keyword on the element.

For elements that have an icon displayed in the top right corner, select this checkbox to indicate that a stereotype is present (icon if 'Use Stereotype Icons' is selected, text if not).

Show Port Classifiers

Select this checkbox to show the classifier of each Port on the diagram.

Show Property Type

Select the checkbox to show Port and Part types on the diagram by default.

Show Data Model Owner

Select this checkbox to display the owner of each Table element in the diagram.

This is defined in the Owner Tagged Value on the table or, for PostgreSQL, Owner To.

Show Element Property String

Select this checkbox to show the advanced property string for all elements; for example, {leaf}.

Group Tags by Stereotype

Select this checkbox to organize the Tagged Values shown on the element on the diagram into groups according to stereotype.

Hand Drawn

Select this checkbox to display the diagram contents as if they had been roughly drawn by hand.

Whiteboard Mode

Select this checkbox to display the diagram as if it had been drawn on a whiteboard, with white fill and background.

(This illustration also has 'Hand Drawn' mode enabled.)

Custom Draw

Select this checkbox to turn on diagram custom style. Clear the checkbox to revert to normal notation. Changes to this checkbox are reflected in the 'Custom Style' checkbox in the diagram Properties window, and vice versa.

Show Shape Scripts

Defaults to selected to show elements and connectors with their Shape Scripts, on the diagram. Clear the checkbox to show elements and connectors in their native shapes.

This option does not affect Custom Compartments. To hide those, deselect the appropriate checkboxes in the 'Show Compartments' panel, or on the element 'Compartment Visibility' dialog.

Show Compartments

Select each checkbox to show the corresponding feature or property compartment for all elements using Rectangle Notation on the diagram:

• Attributes
• Inherited attributes
• Operations
• Inherited operations
• Requirements
• Inherited requirements
• Testing (Testing Scripts)
• Discussions
• Resources (including 100% complete resources allocated to the element)
• Notes
• Tags (Tagged Values)
• Inherited tags
• Fully Qualified tags
• Receptions
• Constraints
• Inherited constraints
• Maintenance (Maintenance Scripts)
• Reviews
• Project
• Package contents

Deselect the checkbox for each compartment you want to hide.

If you have added custom compartments to your model display, such as Related Elements, Flow Ports or Parts, 'Show Compartments' checkboxes are also listed for each of them. These checkboxes default to selected to show the compartments on the diagram; deselect the checkboxes to hide the compartments.

If the checkboxes do not seem to operate for an element on a diagram, also check the 'Compartment Visibility' settings for that element.

Language

Click on the drop-down arrow and select the programming language that elements created on this diagram receive, overriding the model default language.

If you do not want to override the model default, select the value <none> from the drop-down list.

Support Collaboration

Select a value to flag elements on this diagram where monitoring for new messages has been turned on for:

• Elements that are the subject of Discussions
• Chat messages to specific user groups (Chat messages to individual users are automatically monitored)

If an element is the subject of a monitored Discussion, and an unread message is in the 'Discuss' tab of the Discuss & Review window, the icon displays against the element on the diagram.

Each monitored Chat group or user should be represented by an Actor element on the diagram. If a user or a member of a group sends a Chat message, the icon displays against the appropriate Actor element on the diagram.

There are four options:

• None - to turn Collaboration support off so that no notification icons display (any other option turns Collaboration support on for Discussions)
• With Alias - for Chat messages, to check the Actor elements to locate the one that has the poster's user ID or group ID in the 'Alias' field

• With Locking User - for Chat messages, to check the Actor elements for the one that has been locked under the poster's user ID or group ID
• With Both - for Chat messages, to check firstly for the user ID that locked the element and, if that is not found, for the 'Alias' field containing the poster's user ID

OK

If you have finished updating the diagram properties, click on this button to save the changes and close the 'Properties' dialog.

Cancel

If you do not want to save the changes you have made, click on this button to discard the changes and close the dialog.

Help

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