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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: Guillaume on November 12, 2020, 11:58:47 pm

Title: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Guillaume on November 12, 2020, 11:58:47 pm

When I drag & drop a selection of elements on a populated diagram, I get a message for each element that's already in the diagram.
It would be useful to have an checkbox to skip other messages for this drag/drop action. If I have 50 classes from a package to add on a diagram with only 10 that are new, I currently have to click 40 times to close each popup.

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Richard Freggi on November 13, 2020, 12:02:05 am

[Gerard Butler decked out in full Spartan gear, sword drawn]

THIS        IS         UML !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Visio users down the corridor 3rd door on the right

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Geert Bellekens on November 13, 2020, 12:40:14 am

+1, really annoying sometimes.

Geert

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Guillaume on November 13, 2020, 01:06:37 am

Just to clarify, my aim is not to put the same element twice on the same diagram, but to skip the warning for elements that are already on my diagram so I don't have to click so many times.
The same applies when I copy/paste elements from a diagram to another one: I'd like to skip messages if I have a number of elements already on my target diagram.

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Geert Bellekens on November 13, 2020, 01:38:16 am

Understood, at times I even killed the ea.exe process because EA kept popping up message boxes.
Would be nice to have "select this option for all" for all message boxes that pop up.

Geert

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: qwerty on November 13, 2020, 04:47:17 am

No, it would not be nice. Such behavior must be mandatory. Though I don't expect any "human logic" in EA's GUI.

q.

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Paolo F Cantoni on November 13, 2020, 08:58:56 am

I'm SURE I asked for this within the last two years!  However, a quick search didn't find it.

But since it was so recent, I don't hold out much hope of it being implemented in the near future,

It's OBVIOUSLY a good idea!

Paolo

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: qwerty on November 13, 2020, 10:12:42 am

Quote from: Paolo F Cantoni on November 13, 2020, 08:58:56 am

I'm SURE I asked for this ...

Guess I remember your post. It was with "apply this for all other...". Pretty sure the Sparxians don't USE their own tool. Or maybe they do and are just Sparxians :-/

q.

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: skiwi on November 13, 2020, 11:17:26 am

Indeed (https://www.sparxsystems.com/forums/smf/index.php/topic,44002.msg259715.html#msg259715)!

Title: Re: Option to skip "this diagram already contains" message when dropping an element
Post by: Uffe on November 13, 2020, 06:28:02 pm

Yup. This is needed.

/Uffe