Saving a diagram to be viewed as a Relationship Matrix

[Modesto Vega]

In a previous version of Sparx EA, before 16.1.1628 I somehow managed to save a diagram to open by default as a Relationship Matrix. Unfortunately I did not make a note of how I did this and can no longer replicate it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Geert Bellekens]

Open the properties, and check for Diagram | Mode

Geert

[Modesto Vega]

Thank you Geert, I thought you were going to say that. Perhaps my eyes are getting too old, where about is "mode"? I cannot find it in version 16.1.1628.

[Takeshi K]

The 'Mode' is in the properties dialog of a diagram. So double-click the background of a diagram, then select 'Diagram' group and we can find the 'Mode' panel at the upper-right of the dialog. In the Mode panel, there are 4 checkboxes and one of them is the 'Always Open as Relationship Matrix'.

HTH,

[Modesto Vega]

Thank you Takeshi, found it. The option reads "Always Open as Relationship M..." - i.e., an incomplete sentence - instead of "always Open as Matrix" which most likely what I was expecting.

Sparx EA could make some usability improvements.

[Takeshi K]

You might change Windows DPI and/or fonts to draw dialogs. About the DPI, usually Windows manages Textboxes to expand their width so the whole texts are displayed, but I know in some cases (especially, non-English Windows and default Windows screen font is different), Windows cannot display whole text in the width and then displays them with '...'.

In this case I am on the Dev side, it is very very difficult to avoid this '...' behaviour on Windows for all cases and all conditions. I hope it never happens when the DPI is 100% and the font is not changed from the original English fonts (Segoe UI maybe).

[Modesto Vega]

Thank you Takeshi. If this was happening on a smaller screen, I will totally agree with you. But it is happening on a 1920 x 1080 screen, where the Diagram properties dialog occupies less than 1/4 of the screen. These dialogues should be resizable or, at least, size themselves to occupy more screen real state.

[Geert Bellekens]

Thank you Takeshi. If this was happening on a smaller screen, I will totally agree with you. But it is happening on a 1920 x 1080 screen, where the Diagram properties dialog occupies less than 1/4 of the screen. These dialogues should be resizable or, at least, size themselves to occupy more screen real state.

I don't think it's the size of the screen that matters, but the zoom or the default system font size you have configured.
If you use 100% I'm pretty sure it works just fine.
I still have a lot of room left on that dialog after the "Always Open as Relationship Matrix" regardless of the size of screen om using it on.

Geert

[Modesto Vega]

Thank you Takeshi. If this was happening on a smaller screen, I will totally agree with you. But it is happening on a 1920 x 1080 screen, where the Diagram properties dialog occupies less than 1/4 of the screen. These dialogues should be resizable or, at least, size themselves to occupy more screen real state.

I don't think it's the size of the screen that matters, but the zoom or the default system font size you have configured.
If you use 100% I'm pretty sure it works just fine.
I still have a lot of room left on that dialog after the "Always Open as Relationship Matrix" regardless of the size of screen om using it on.

Geert

A question before I make another contribution, are you referring to OS Display settings, specifically the Scale and layout or Sparx EA settings?

[Geert Bellekens]

A question before I make another contribution, are you referring to OS Display settings, specifically the Scale and layout or Sparx EA settings?

OS Display settings, specifically the Scale and layout.

Unless there is an option to change the system font and size in EA as well?

Geert

[Modesto Vega]

Thank you Geert, both displays are set to 100%, I will check tomorrow when I will be using a different display. With the setup I am using today, there is no room left in any of the dialogs.

[Geert Bellekens]

Weird. Here's how the dialog looks on my computer:


https://imgur.com/a/r3lwNdI

Geert