Attribute descrption in v14

[barikman]

Have just recently upgraded to EA v 14. I can no longer see how to provide description information for class attributes in the class properties dialog. Has this capability been removed, or is it somewhere else? I can't see any other posting on this subject, so apologies if this is a duplicate question.

Regards,

Phil

[Eve]

The notes for attributes can be edited in the docked notes window.

[benc]

Hi Phil,

Just expanding on Simon's note and assuming you want to use the Notes field for the description information, the docked Notes window is available from the Ribbon: Start | Properties | Notes.

There's a Getting Started video that shows how you can use this window:
https://sparxsystems.com/resources/show-video.html?video=gettingstarted-editfeatures

(You could skip to about the 1 minute mark.)

Towards the end of the same video, there's some discussion about the all-in-one modal dialog which includes the Notes field and is probably what you're used to from earlier versions. As of EA 14.1 you can re-enable that modal properties dialog as the default editor.

There's another short Getting Started video that features the Notes windows here:
https://sparxsystems.com/resources/show-video.html?video=gettingstarted-createfeatures

Other similar videos here might be useful if you're upgrading between major versions of EA to EA 14.x:
https://sparxsystems.com/resources/demos/index.html?tab=getting-started

I hope that helps.

Ben

[Geert Bellekens]

And if you want the old attributes dialog back you can set the option (from 14.1)

Start | Visual Style | Prefer Property Dialogs

Geerrt

[barikman]

Many thanks for the helpful replies.

Phil