Customizing content

Chapter 9 Customizing your Modeling Environment

Customizing content

If an object supports customizing the information that you can display on its symbol, an Advanced button is available in the bottom-right corner of its Content Display Preferences page. Click this button to go to the Customize Content window, which allows you to choose and reorder the information that is available for display in the Content window:

The list in the left hand pane shows the properties that are currently available to display on the symbol. You can drag and drop items to reorder the list, and use the following tools to modify it:

Tool	Description
	Add Attributes – opens a selection box, which allows you to select additional attributes to add to the list.
	Add Collections – opens a selection box, which allows you to select additional collections (such as table columns, class operations, etc) to add to the list.
	Add Separator Line – inserts a separator line after the item selected in the list.
	Delete – removes the selected item from the list.

Select the Small icon check box to display a small object icon in the top-left corner of the symbol in detail mode.

Customizing content for attributes

Click on an attribute in the list to:

Add a prefix and/or suffix (text items only)
Specify a value to display for true and false (booleans only) For example, for a boolean attribute, "Annotated", you could specify "Annotated" and "Not Annotated" for true and false. By default, boolean properties are displayed if they are true and do not appear if they are false.
Specify that it is mandatory. Mandatory properties are always displayed on the symbol, and are not available for deselection on the object's content page.

Customizing content for collections

Click on a collection in the list to or to specify that it is mandatory.

Specify the properties displayed for each object in the collection. Click the Select tool beside the List columns field to select attributes for display.
Specify that it is mandatory. Mandatory properties are always displayed on the symbol, and are not available for deselection on the object's content page.