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Enterprise Architect => Bugs and Issues => Topic started by: Thelonius on November 12, 2020, 03:07:31 pm

Title: Where has "Make All Selectable" gone?
Post by: Thelonius on November 12, 2020, 03:07:31 pm

We've upgraded from v13 to v15.1 - used to be able to make bits on a diagram 'unselectable' - and then make EVERYTHING 'selectable' again. It appears 'make all selectable' option has disappeared, so making elements 'selectable' again requires a one-by-one process.

Either 'make all selectable' has been removed - or it's been hidden very cleverly somewhere in the UI I would never find it.

Anyone know? (No one else seems to have reported this issue in the forum as far as I can see. I did check.)

Title: Re: Where has "Make All Selectable" gone?
Post by: KP on November 12, 2020, 03:51:05 pm

ribbon > Design > Diagram > Manage > Make all Elements Selectable

Title: Re: Where has "Make All Selectable" gone?
Post by: Thelonius on November 13, 2020, 10:49:07 am

Note to Sparx:

The documentation (and the UI) for 'Make All Elements Selectable' is not presented together in the same documentation area with 'Make Non-Selectable'.

I'm not a UI designer, but if I were, I'd put related UI controls, options, settings together.

'Make Element Non-Selectable' is a right-click context option that can be used with multiple selection.

'Make All Elements Selectable' is in a completely different place in the user interface. Hmm. And in a completely different place in the documentation.

Which is why it took me so long to understand these two related aspects of the same functionality.

 :)

Title: Re: Where has "Make All Selectable" gone?
Post by: qwerty on November 13, 2020, 11:07:33 am

That's called EAUI (EA Unique Interface) and it will remain sparxian for eternity.

q.

Title: Re: Where has "Make All Selectable" gone?
Post by: Thelonius on November 13, 2020, 12:56:31 pm

 :)

The ribbon interface.

I rest my case.

I was being subtly rude there. Hope no one else noticed.

 :)