One of the things that has bothered me about drawing tools in general and modelling tools in particular, is that many graphical objects are composed of multiple sub-objects. For example, the text objects associated with the UML connectors - the name, stereotype, multiplicities, roles, guards, constraints etc.
By default, these are drawn close to or on the line. However, they can be moved - either at the user's discretion or under automation control. Often, when moved, on a complex diagram, it isn't easy to see which text belongs to which element.
I think it would be a
REALLY REALLY USEFUL addition to EA's user interface to have a context menu item that says:
Highlight the parent of the text object I've got selected.
That way, if I (or some other user) has moved the stereotype to the other side of the diagram I can select it and find out where it comes from.
By the way, before anyone tells me about "
Default Position", if I'd wanted to move the "errant" object to it's default position, I would have used the menu option. I don't.
While I think of it, the complementary functionality - select a line and "
Highlight the child text objects" would also be cool!
Paolo
