Previous/next navigation issue

[jamessher]

Hi, I am really keen on the use of hyperlinks to help model readers to find their way around large complex models. This looks like a really good use for hyperlinks.
Ideally when doing this kind of navigation the 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons should in my opinion operate like browser 'Back' and 'Forward' and they essentially do this. However they only appear to be able to bring the user back/forward through diagrams in the order they were originally visited or opened. If I navigate a bunch of diagrams, causing them to be opened, and then navigate through the diagrams via a different path (via hyperlinks or any other way, eg. select an open diagram tab) the 'Previous'/'Next' buttons just bring me through in the original open order and not the most recent navigation path.
This appears to greatly reduce the usefulness of the 'Previous'/'Next' buttons to me since the only effect the buttons have is to scroll back and forward through the opened diagrams in the open order. It is easier to select the diagram tabs if that is what I wanted.

So my question is - why do the 'Previous'/'Next' buttons not operate in what I believe is the intuitive way. MagicDraw's navigation works this way and is a pleasure to use. (I am trying to select a UML tool and  EA and MD are main contenders)

And on the related issue of hyperlinks... It appears that I can only add a hyperlink to a diagram and cannot attach a hyperlink to a specific diagram element (again as in MagicDraw) which is a real pity. Is this the case ?

Many thanks in advance
  James

[«Midnight»]

This is a very good point. I hadn't noticed it before, or at least it had not made it into my perception of the EA interface.

[Because of my usage patterns I usually have very few diagrams open, so pressing "Back" a few times is not an issue, or I have dozens of diagrams and end up hunting for them in the Project View.]

For those of us who don't end up writing add-ins for everything - a group I'd like to (re)join - this would be a great feature.

My suggestion is that you make the point - perhaps without the immediate concern of which application to recommend - in the Suggestions forum. You might consider, in addition to this, requesting the feature. From EA, use Help / On-line Resources / Request a Feature.

Thanks for bringing this up, or making it clear in any case.

David