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In-place Editing Tasks

To use the options that are available through the in-place editing menu, follow the steps below:

  1. Open the diagram containing the element.
  2. Click on the element, and on the item to manipulate within the element. The item line is highlighted in a lighter shade (the default is white), to indicate that it has been selected.
     
    SelectedElementEdit
     
  3. Edit and manipulate the items in the element, either by pressing the appropriate keyboard keys or by right-clicking on the highlighted item and choosing a task from the Element Items context menu. The following commands are available:
     

To...

Select menu option...

Or press...

Change the name, scope or stereotype of the element or element item

Edit Selected

[F2]

Display the dialog containing details of the element

View Properties

[Enter]

Insert a new item in the element

Insert New After Selected

[Insert]

Locate the item in the Project Browser

Find in Project Browser

 

Add an attribute to the element

Add Attribute

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F9]

Add an operation to the element

Add Operation

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[F10]

Insert a feature on the specific element item, such as Maintenance features and Testing features

Add Other

[Ctrl]+[F11]

Delete the selected item from the model

Delete Selected from Model

[Delete]

Display the source code for the element.

View Source code

[F12]

Set a breakpoint on a highlighted operation (including a breakpoint, start recording marker, end recording marker or stack auto-capture marker).

Set Breakpoint

 

Navigate Diagram Selection, to navigate the diagram between elements without having to use the mouse

 

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[arrow key]

Toggle element highlight option on and off

 

[Shift]+[Enter]

Other options that are available while editing element attributes or operations in a diagram include:

To...

Press...

Accept current changes

[Enter]

Accept current changes and open a new slot to add a new item

[Ctrl]+[Enter]

Abort the edit, without save

[Esc]

Display the context menu for in-place editing

[Shift]+[F10]

Invoke the Select <Item> dialog

[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Space]

Note:

Most of the in-place editing menu commands have keyboard alternatives. For many of them, if the selected item happens to be off-screen when you press the appropriate keys, the diagram automatically scrolls to show the whole element, so that you can see what you are changing.