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Main Window
The Drawing Area
The main window's drawing area contains a simple line-oriented list of all types in the current SDL system. No inheritance or redefinition relations are shown. The object attributes are listed in the following way (see Figure 442):
The qualifier is displayed within double angle brackets on a single text line, with slashes separating the path items.
In the list, the type objects are sorted alphabetically according to the diagram type, object type and type name, i.e. all objects of the same diagram type are grouped together.
When you select a type or instance in the main window, the Tree window is updated and displays the relation trees that contain the selected type/instance. If the Tree window has not been opened earlier in the same Type Viewer session, the Tree window is opened automatically.
The Menu Bar
File Menu
The File menu contains the following menu choices:
- Update
(See Printing from the SDL Suite.)- Exit
(See Exit.)Update
Updates the type list in the main window and the type trees in the Tree window, according to the possibly changed SDL diagrams (see Updating the Type Viewer).
This command should be used whenever changes that might have an impact on the type inheritance are applied to any of the SDL diagrams contained in the diagram structure.
View Menu
The View menu contains the following menu choices:
Window Options
Sets options for which parts of the main window to show. The dialog controls whether to show the tool bar and the status bar.
List Options
Sets options for which symbols to include in the list in the main window. The dialog controls whether to show Instance symbols (type symbols are always shown).
Symbol Options
Sets options for which attributes to show for each type object in the list in the main window. The dialog controls whether to show the Qualifier, the Type identifier, and the Name of the types and instances.
Set Scale
Issues a dialog where the scale for the main window may be set.
Tools Menu
The Tools menu contains the following menu choices:
Search
Searches for a visible text in the type list shown in the Main window.
If the search reaches the end of the list, you are asked whether to continue the search from the top of the list or not.
If the text cannot be found among the visible information, you are informed in a confirmation dialog.
Search Again
Searches again for the same text as in the latest search. The behavior is the same as described in Search.
Show in Editor
Shows the selected type or instance in an SDL Editor. If a type symbol is selected, an SDL Editor is opened with that type diagram. If an instance symbol is selected, an SDL Editor is opened with the diagram that contains the instance.
Show Type Trees
Opens or raises the Tree window. The type or instance selected in the Main window becomes selected in the Tree window.
Popup Menus
The following tables lists the menu choices in the Main window popup menus and a reference to the corresponding menu choice in the menu bar.
On the Main Window Background
On a Symbol in the Main Window
Keyboard Accelerators
Apart from the general keyboard accelerators, the following accelerator can be used in the main window:
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