Overview of Ribbon Tabs

A tab contains groups of control elements which belong together.

A tab is a directory. Tabs are used for grouping information and fields into various consecutive windows. One window is always in the foreground. Clicking on the tab's name makes the tab the active tab; information and any settings you may have made in the previously-open tab are not lost by changing tabs. Clicking on the tab's name makes the tab the active tab; information and any settings you may have made in the previously-open tab are not lost by changing tabs.

The ribbon is split into tabs. There are the following types of tab:

  • Standard Tab

    The standard tabs are always available. They organize the application's standard functions.

  • Context Tab

    Context tabs are visible as soon as documents or the workspace are in a certain state. They are highlighted.

    If a user wants to e.g. open a diagram, the context sensitive Design and Page Layout tabs are shown; these tabs contain functions for editing diagrams.

Tab Overview

Innovator's ribbon contains the following tabs and tab groups:

  • Start

    The Start tab primarily contains commands used for creating elements, opening documents, finding and navigating (Go to).

  • Review

    The Review tab contains commands for verifying and comparing models, annotations, access controls and change logging.

  • View

    You can control how tool windows, windows and diagram views are displayed in the View tab.

  • Import/Export

    The Import/Export tab contains options for data exchange.

  • Extras

    Configured engineering actions and certain specification functions can be found in the Extras tab.

Change Sets

The Change Sets context tab appears once a change set is opened.

Diagrams

The Design and Page Layout context tabs appear once a diagram is opened.

  • Design

    The Design tab contains all commands relevant for modeling, such as Access Control, Create Diagram Contents, Arrange etc.

  • Page Layout

    You can use the Page Layout tab to easily set the page layout using print preview and customizable page sizes.

Align Models Editor

The Align Models context tab appears once the Align Models editor is opened.

The Align Models tab contains the command groups for the alternative Compare and Merge modes.

Impact Analysis

The Impact Analysis tab appears once a Impact Analysis diagram is opened.

The Impact Analysis tab contains the access controls and groups to influence, configure and update a model element's analysis graph.

Specification Texts

The Text context tab appears once a specification is opened.

The Text tab contains access control and groups for formatting and printing the specification.

Tables

The Design context tab appears once a table is opened.

In the case of tables for elements, the Design tab contains the access control, the New group for creating new properties, and the Edit group for navigating and for deleting properties.

In the case of tables for contents (requirements, use cases, technical terms and concepts), the Design tab contains the New group for the creation of new elements and subelements, the Table View group for user-defined views, the Edit group for navigating and for deleting elements and the command for exporting the table to Microsoft Excel.

Commands are assigned in functional groups within a tab. You can drag certain commands from a drop-down list or gallery and drop them using the mouse. All commands can be accessed using access keys.

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