Sparx Systems Forum
Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Sql Server DBA on July 09, 2008, 02:23:07 am
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Is there any way to set the number of twips the mouse moves before EA decides it's really moving?
Reason I ask is that on a modern high resolution monitor and a fast developer class machine it is darn near impossible to click on an object on the drawing surface without inadvertantly moving it.
I know about lock drawing once the drawing is done... But I find myself spending a lot of time doing this:
1> Click
2> Curse
3> Shift arrow, arrow, arrow OK it's back where it was
4> Repeat
With some drawing tools you can lock objects one at a time, is that possible with 6.5?
Thanks in advance!!
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I don't think you can do this for EA alone; you're at the mercy of your Windows setting.
From time to time EA has been overly 'sensitive' to mouse clicks. This has often shown up in situations similar to yours, or in difficulty selecting one object (or type thereof) instead of another one close by. Sparx has generally resolved these issues fairly quickly, between builds rather than waiting for another version number.
I suggest you look at the EA 6.5 release note history (http://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/6.5/history.html) to see if this was solved in a later build than you had. Otherwise take a look at the release notes for later versions (7.0 and 7.1) if you can tolerate a version upgrade in your organization.
Finally, unless a quick solution presents itself, try sending an email to Sparx support to see if they have a workaround. [They might post to this thread as well, but there's no harm in asking.] You'll find their address, as well as other resources, on the EA Support page (http://www.sparxsystems.com/support/index.html).
HTH, David
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I know about lock drawing once the drawing is done... But I find myself spending a lot of time doing this:
1> Click
2> Curse
3> Shift arrow, arrow, arrow OK it's back where it was
4> Repeat
Not what you requested, but you can save a few keystrokes:
1> Click
2> Curse
3> Ctrl-Z to undo
4> Repeat
;D
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Good Info, thanks. Would LOVE to have a new build, but am sitting in a branch office for a large corporation, and our benevolent corporate overlords have dictated that 6.5.801 is the build thou shalt use.
Still a huge improvement over the Visio 2007 I was using for database diagramming.
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It's not locking an element, but you can right-click on it and toggle the Selectable context menu option. This prevents you from moving the element or performing any click or right-click operations other than toggling the option to make the element selectable again.
It does not prevent double-click operations, such as editing properties.
Locking the element disables the Selectable option.
HTH