Using the Graphic Editors : Overview of the Rational Statemate Graphic Editors : Graphic Editor Menus : Options Menu

Options Menu

The following table lists the Options menu items and which items each graphic editor supports.

 
Advanced: Carriage Return is New Line
Preferences Management

The following table describes the Options menu items.

 
Changes the gravity setting. Gravity is the distance you must get within to attach arrow heads to boxes or to select elements.
Click Apply to apply your selection and continue, and click OK when you are finished.
By default, you move a drawing element by dragging it with the middle mouse button and selecting it using the left mouse button. When you select PC Mouse, you can drag a drawing element with the left mouse button, as well as select with it.
This option is available for users who are accustomed to applications running under Microsoft Windows or on an Apple Macintosh. When PC Mouse is set, the mouse conventions for editing are similar to the conventions on these machines.
Note: You can also set the single-button mouse option as a general graphic editors preference.
By default, when you create or move an element, the element becomes selected. This option changes to the opposite state.
Note: The Preserve Selection option is not saved in the chart.
To make any changes desired to either the transition or state highlighting defaults, select the [...] next to the appropriate option.
Note: The Simulation Highlight options are not saved in the chart.
Causes both the text and lines in a diagram to change size when you zoom into and out of the canvas. By default, zoom operations do not affect the text.
Note: The Enable Scale Text option is not saved in the chart.
Temporarily displays boxes filled with five colors to make it easier to see the box hierarchy in complex charts. (The system automatically selects the five colors, based on your chart hierarchy. If your chart has more than five levels, the system repeats this process.)
Note: The Filled Boxes option is not saved in the chart. This option can cause slower system performance.
Note: The Fill Colors option is not saved in the chart.
Advanced: Carriage Return is New Line
By default, when you are editing text, each time you press Return, a new line displays. Pressing Ctrl + Return ends text editing.
This option reverses these settings (that is, you press Ctrl + Return for a new line and Return to end the edit).
Note: The Carriage Return is New Line option is not saved in the chart.
Note: The Enabled Reshaping option is not saved in the chart.
Preferences Management