Content Display Preferences

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	Specifies a set of characters after which word wrapping is possible.
Display overlay for non-local objects	Enables the display of an overlay on objects being reused in the same container but with distinct location. For instance an activity can be reused under another activity of the same package or an inner class can be referenced by another class of the same package. The overlay is a mirror image of the shortcut overlay (see Shortcuts).

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

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