Windows

The PowerDesigner main window is divided into different windows with independent behavior.



In the upper part of the window, you can see the PowerDesigner general title bar and the menu bar. Below the general menus, the standard toolbar displays tools for carrying out standard operations such as Open, Save or Undo.

Two dockable windows are displayed by default when you open PowerDesigner: the Browser on the left and the Output pane at the bottom.

On the right hand side, the canvas is empty upon opening. This area is used to display the different MDI child windows.

You can customize the PowerDesigner environment by docking windows in the interface. Dockable windows are windows that align themselves with the edge of another interface element, typically a window or a pane.

There are three dockable windows in the PowerDesigner interface:

Window

Purpose

Browser

Provides a hierarchical view of the contents of the workspace

Output pane

Displays PowerDesigner messages during check model, generation, reverse operations, or script execution

Result List

Displays result lists for a Find or a Check Model operation
Parent topic: Customizing Your Modeling Environment