Element Selection

Automatic Cursor Selection Of Diagram Elements

When a diagram displays a lot of elements (components, functions, edges...) it can be fastidious to select some of them to apply a specific styling or other.

That's why, two selection modes are available with the mouse cursor:

1. From the left to the right: to select the elements contained in the selection area (Figure 1). (for example if you want to select all ports of a component on the same side without selecting the exchanges or the component itself.)
2. From the right to the left: to select the elements contained in the selection area AND also those which cross it (Figure 2). (for example if you want to select exchanges without their ports.)

Figure 1: Cursor selection from the left to the right

Figure 2: Cursor selection from the right to the left

Selection with ALT + Continuous Mouse Click

In a diagram containing multiple hierarchical components equipped with border nodes (PAB, LAB, SAB, SDFB ...), the user can select elements using continuous left mouse button click, but it's not easy to select multiple inner components without selecting the parent, even more difficult when the diagram's white background is not displayed due to a zoom. In that case, use Alt + continuous left mouse click to select elements without selecting the element behind the first click.

Same behavior of the mouse selection from Right to Left and Left to Right will be applied with the Alt button.

Connectors Selection

Connectors can be selected one by one. As it can be fastidious to select all the connectors of a diagram one by one, to change the routing style or remove bend point for example, use the button Select All Connectors on the diagram menu instead.