Content Display Preferences

The Content category allows you to control what information is displayed on the symbol:

Content Category



By clicking on the category itself, you can set the following preferences:

Preference

Description

Name Splitting

Controls the display of names on symbols. You can choose between:


  • None

  • Truncation - Truncates name (or code), to the specified length

  • Word wrapping - Wraps name and code text onto additional lines (up to the specified length) after the specified wrap character (up to the indicated length)

Wrap characters

Set of characters after which word wrapping is possible.

Objects

You can modify the information displayed on each type of object by selecting it in the list.



Choose the information that you want to display by selecting the appropriate checkboxes.

Customizable Display Preferences

The display preferences of many objects can be customized so that practically any of their properties can be displayed on their diagram symbol, with the following exceptions:


  • multi-line fields and collections (such as table columns or class operations) cannot be displayed in icon mode or on link symbols

The following special preferences may be available for these objects:

Preference

Description

Default display mode

Specifies the way the object will be displayed by default:


  • Icon

  • Detail – a rectangle permitting the display of additional information

This preference is only available if the object supports both modes.

Detail mode

Specifies the additional information that will be displayed in Detail mode:


  • Comment – from the General tab of the object's property sheet

  • [collections] – for example, sub-sites, applications, etc.

  • Composite view - displays child objects as symbols within the object symbol. If this option is present, it cannot (unlike the other preferences) be removed from this screen


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com