Some Requests

[SaschaF.]

Hi,

I have some requests for a further Release relating to the new Schema Editor:

• Disable Drag'n'Drop by option
• Scrolling by MouseDown and -Move (like the Hand-Tool in the AcrobatReader)
• Option to expand/collapse all subitems, considering the selected item
• Possibility to configure ShortCuts for the Schema-Editor-Functions (not all Functions are included actually, i.e. Insert)

That's it for the moment.

GreatTool!

[sorin_ristache]

Hello,

• Disable Drag'n'Drop by option

Drag and drop should help you to move the components of the schema diagram quickly. The mouse pointer changes when you drag a component and shows you where you can drop it in a parent that allows that component as a child component. Did you have problems with drag and drop in the diagram?

• Option to expand/collapse all subitems, considering the selected item

Do you mean when you select a component and expand it you want to expand all the subitems recursively including the references to other components and their subitems?

• Scrolling by MouseDown and -Move (like the Hand-Tool in the AcrobatReader)
• Possibility to configure ShortCuts for the Schema-Editor-Functions (not all Functions are included actually, i.e. Insert)

We added these requests to our system.


Thank you,
Sorin

[SaschaF.]

• Disable Drag'n'Drop by option

Did you have problems with drag and drop in the diagram?

Yes, sometimes I have deleted an Item, when I want to close it. It seems, that it has something to do with Drag'n'Drop (maybe I moved the item into another Element - I don't know, but it is not where it should be any longer). And because I get no Information about that, it maybe that I don't realize this unintenioned change. This way I destroyed a schema last week

• Option to expand/collapse all subitems, considering the selected item

Do you mean when you select a component and expand it you want to expand all the subitems recursively including the references to other components and their subitems?

No, I like to have a popup-menu-option (expand children / collapse children) that expands only the child-nodes of the selected item; similar to the Full-Model-View.

• Scrolling by MouseDown and -Move (like the Hand-Tool in the AcrobatReader)
• Possibility to configure ShortCuts for the Schema-Editor-Functions (not all Functions are included actually, i.e. Insert)

We added these requests to our system.

Thanks!

[sorin_ristache]

Yes, sometimes I have deleted an Item, when I want to close it. It seems, that it has something to do with Drag'n'Drop (maybe I moved the item into another Element - I don't know, but it is not where it should be any longer). And because I get no Information about that, it maybe that I don't realize this unintenioned change. This way I destroyed a schema last week

I think a component was moved by drag and drop to any parent component. The mouse pointer changes when you start the drag so you should see when a drag and drop is in progress. Anyway if you did the operation too quickly and you are not sure if you did a drag and drop but you see that the schema diagram was changed in a way that you did not expect you can revert to the previous state with an undo (Ctrl-Z or menu Edit -> Undo).

No, I like to have a popup-menu-option (expand children / collapse children) that expands only the child-nodes of the selected item; similar to the Full-Model-View.

In the Full Model view the actions Collapse Children and Expand Children are available on the popup menu of the selected item. I think it is faster to just expand the item with the + sign displayed on the right edge of the component or to see the expanded item with the action Show Definition also available on the popup menu.


Regards,
Sorin

[sorin_ristache]

Yes, sometimes I have deleted an Item, when I want to close it. It seems, that it has something to do with Drag'n'Drop (maybe I moved the item into another Element - I don't know, but it is not where it should be any longer). And because I get no Information about that, it maybe that I don't realize this unintenioned change. This way I destroyed a schema last week

Also you can set the minimum number of pixels that starts the drag action by setting the startup parameter

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-Dawt.dnd.drag.threshold=10

for example for 10 pixels. The default number is 5 pixels.


Regards,
Sorin

[SaschaF.]

In the Full Model view the actions Collapse Children and Expand Children are available on the popup menu of the selected item. I think it is faster to just expand the item with the + sign displayed on the right edge of the component or to see the expanded item with the action Show Definition also available on the popup menu.

I think you misunderstood me.

An Example:
I open a schema; it's elements are all collapsed.
Now I want to save the complete schema as a picture. What have I to do?
I have to click on every + sign, to open the complete schema That is not practicable.

It is much faster to select the root element, open it's contextmenu and call 'expand children'. That means, that the hole branch will expand recursively. (Is that what you mentioned in your first post on this thread?)

Also you can set the minimum number of pixels that starts the drag action by setting the startup parameter

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-Dawt.dnd.drag.threshold=10

for example for 10 pixels. The default number is 5 pixels.

I'll see if it works for me.

Thx.

[sorin_ristache]

An Example:
I open a schema; it's elements are all collapsed.
Now I want to save the complete schema as a picture. What have I to do?
I have to click on every + sign, to open the complete schema That is not practicable.

I added a feature request for the actions for expand and collapse all nodes.


Regards,
Sorin

[SaschaF.]

An Example:
I open a schema; it's elements are all collapsed.
Now I want to save the complete schema as a picture. What have I to do?
I have to click on every + sign, to open the complete schema That is not practicable.

I added a feature request for the actions for expand and collapse all nodes.

Thanks a lot.

Btw:

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-Dawt.dnd.drag.threshold=2000

works fine

[sorin_ristache]

• Scrolling by MouseDown and -Move (like the Hand-Tool in the AcrobatReader)

We added these requests to our system.


Thank you,
Sorin

We implemented the mouse down scrolling in the schema diagram. It will be available in version 10.3.


Regards,
Sorin