Selection of multiple classes for delete

[jdall]

Having imported an UML model, I had a bunch of unwanted classes,
that I needed to get rid of.
But this turned out to be more than just a simple task... why is 'Delete selected element(s)' not available with selection in the project browser?

Please fix!

My work around was to create a new package, move the classes to it, then delete it.

[Frank Horn]

Press Ctrl+DEL to delete multiple elements selected in the project browser.

[jdall]

In my EA7.1 Professional Trial it's only possible to use CTRL+D to delete multiple selected elements in a diagram. It does NOT work with multiple selected elements in the project browser.

Further to support this... the 'Delete Selected Element(s)' menu item is only getting un-ghosted when elements are selected in the diagram view.
If selecting elements in the project browser, the menu item stays in the ghosted state.

Hmmm... really, really strange... now it just worked. Lets try again... nope. It does not work. Tried several times. It does NOT work.

So what's the trick? I'm convinced there is a bug somewhere!

[jdall]

Solved! The trick is to use CTRL+Delete, and not, as suggested, CTRL+D

Why the heck I hit CTRL+Delete, when I was supposed to hit CTRL+D,  beats me!

So no bug. Only a unlogical user interface

[RoyC]

On this Help page is a summary of all the scenarios for deleting elements in EA.

http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/EAUserGuide/deletingobjects.htm

You will notice that to delete one or more elements from a DIAGRAM ONLY you use the [Delete] key by itself. To delete one or more elements from the MODEL, which you would do in the Project Browser, you use the [Ctrl]+[Delete] keys. Frank suggested you use [Ctrl] + [Del] (which is what the [Delete] key is called on some keyboards).

You can use [Ctrl]+[D] on a diagram as an additional shortcut to delete single or multiple elements FROM THE DIAGRAM ONLY. It therefore would not work in the Project Browser, because - as I said - that is where you delete elements from the model. As elements can be shared between diagrams, how would EA know which diagram you wanted the element deleted from?

HTH

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Hi Roy,

[size=13]Delete vs Destroy vs Remove[/size] may have some relevance...

I understand it is difficult to change the keystrokes, and I personally don't have a lot of trouble with the delete key meaning "remove".  However, the language can be fixed...

It might alleviate a lot of the confusion...

Paolo

[RoyC]

Thanks. That is something I have been chewing on too.