V15 Beta - add new stereotype

[Ian Mitchell]

Has anyone else noticed in V15 beta that the default behavior is now that I can't manually type a stereotype for an element or connector?
(This is in a test model, so no security options to forbid creation of new stereotypes - just a plain, new model.)
Now I agree that creating random new stereotypes should generally be discouraged, but the out-of-the-box experience of V15 beta is different from V14.1.
Is this deliberate @Sparx ?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Has anyone else noticed in V15 beta that the default behaviour is now that I can't manually type a stereotype for an element or connector?
(This is in a test model, so no security options to forbid the creation of new stereotypes - just a plain, new model.)
Now I agree that creating random new stereotypes should generally be discouraged, but the out-of-the-box experience of V15 beta is different from V14.1.
Is this deliberate @Sparx?

Yes, I noticed this too!  Moreover, if the element or diagram or package (already) has a stereotype that is not known, it is NOT rendered!

Consequently, things may not behave as you expect and you can't see why...  (because you can't see the offending stereotype)

Our repository is nearly a decade old and contains all sorts of CRUFT which we are trying to eliminate.  This (not rendering) does NOT help!  Perhaps, they should be rendered, but highlighted to show they aren't known.

Paolo

[Eve]

Yes, it was an intentional change.

It's not a default, there's no way for users to change it.

The behavior of not showing a stereotype that hasn't been defined wasn't known. (But for users with security enabled and no permission to configure stereotypes it wouldn't be new)

I'll chase up on getting that behavior changed. In the mean time, the docked properties window will show the stereotype. The dialog will too if you enable Start > Desktop > Visual Style > Use Property List for Elements.

[Geert Bellekens]

Yes, it was an intentional change.

It's not a default, there's no way for users to change it.

YES, I'm happy with that change. It will reduce the stereotype mess some of the older model are in.

Geert