Working in Table Editors

General Table Functions

A table contains all of an element's subelements or a certain type respectively, e.g. all operations of a class.

Each subelement forms a row in the table. Its properties, configured stereotype properties and labels form the columns.

• You can sort rows according to the value of a column by clicking in the column header.

  Sorting is only temporary for viewing purposes. It is not stored in the repository.

• You can hide single columns by accessing the context menu in the column's header.

  Hiding applies for all tables of the same type.

• Use the fixed column splitter to fix the column to the left margin.

  Fixed columns are not moved if you click on the horizontal scroll bar.

• You can create a new entry for the table by clicking on the entry row on the table's bottom margin.

Drag-and-Drop

1. Adding subelements

   Drag the elements from another window and drop them in the table.

   This is the same as copying and pasting.

   Copying and pasting does not have to be for the same element type. It is also possible to e.g. select both properties and operations for a class and use drag-and-drop to copy them into another class. This extends the table to include both the properties and the operations.

2. Changing the user-defined order of subelements

   Move rows to the desired target position.

   You can only move using the function column on the left-hand margin of the table.

   If you click with the mouse on a row which is not selected, the row is selected and the move is carried out on this element. If you click with the mouse on a row which is already selected, the move is carried out on the current selection, i.e. also for multi-selection, if applicable.

   Moving only works if the table is sorted according to a user-defined order, i.e. the table is not sorted according to a column.

   The user-defined order is stored in the repository and e.g. used for documentation.

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