You can navigate in the model using the model elements' relationships and references. You can also manage bookmarks.
Relationships, references and other connections show the way in which a model's elements navigate.
If you create a model and add elements, then the structural relationships between the elements automatically create relationships you can use to navigate in the model.
Model element's references are
You can use the following commands for navigation:
Start>Browse>Go to>...
Go to an occurrence of this model element or elements linked with the model element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Location in Model Structure (Ctrl+M)
Find and select the unique occurrence of this element within the model structure. The position in the model's hierarchy determines the namespace and the qualified name of an element.
Location in Model Element List (Ctrl+Shift+M)
Find and select the unique occurrence of this element within the model element list. The position in the model's hierarchy determines the namespace and the qualified name of an element.
Process Hierarchy
Jump to the process in the process hierarchy of the model content.
Occurrences in Diagrams... (Ctrl+Enter)
Find occurrences of the element in diagrams.
Double-click on the element in a tool window to open the dialog of the same name.
Linked Elements... (Ctrl+Shift+Enter)
Find other model elements that are linked to this element in the model structure or in diagrams.
Referenced Element
Jump to the element in the model tree that the selected reference refers to.
<Default references...>
Go to this default reference.
Show Model Element List (Toggle command in the Model Structure)
Show a detailed list of the selected element's content. If you switch the view of the 'Model Content' tool window, the 'Model Element List' window is automatically closed. Executing the command 'Go To Position in Model Element List (Strg+Shift+M)' will automatically open this window.
Important navigation commands can be found in the respective context menu.
In the diagram editor, you can jump to the respective default reference (if it exists) using [Shift]+double-clicking. Default references are certain linked elements which, from experience, are navigated to particularly frequently.
The following provide further navigation options:
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