The Properties View is the place where the characteristics of each Capella elements are entered and displayed. This view is synchronized with the current selection on the diagram or in the project explorer.
Capella Editors are also available as dialogs, accessed with a double-click on any element. The content is exactly the same as in the Properties Views.
Capella editors contain 4 sections: semantic properties, description, extensions, management.
This section displays the most important semantic information about the current element. It also allows defining relationships between elements.
The Descriptions section allows editing text descriptions for model elements.
| If the text field looses the focus during the edition, especially when editing the description of a diagram that is currently open, it is recommended to uncheck the Link with Editor button.
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Insertion of hyperlink to other model elements, existing diagrams or URLs are possible using the dedicated button of the toolbar.
It is also possible to insert images by using the dedicated button of the toolbar.
To get more editing options, open the Description in a dedicated Editor. To do so, click on the second button of the toolbar. A new Editor will open.
| To avoid synchronization problems between the Description field of the Properties view and the dedicated Editor. It is recommended to have only one tool open at the same time to modify the text. |
Right-clicking on the hyperlinks to open the referenced diagram.
Disable Richtext
In case you encounter some blocking issues using the rich text editor, you can disable rich text which will be replaced by a simple field to edit directly XHTML, to do so please open the eclipse.ini file located in the Capella installation directory and add the java property -Ddisable.nebula.richtext=true as shown below:
-startup ... --launcher.library ... -nl en -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=xx -Xms1000m -Xmx3000m -Xss4m -Ddisable.nebula.richtext=true
| Fore more information, please refer to the user's guide of MDE Rich Text Widget provided by Kitalpha. |
The Extensions section allows defining which Property Values apply to the current element. Explicitly setting this relationship is useful when applied Property Values are not contained by the current element.
For example, one could imagine storing all the non functional properties of all elements in thematic packages (safety, performance, human factors, etc.) instead of having these properties spread all over the model.
Capella properties are also available in dialog boxes, using a double-click on elements in the diagrams. The Capella properties are a simplified version of the Eclipse ones.
The Management section contains non semantic information about the current element.
Field | Description | Default |
Visible in Documentation | Specifies whether this element is exposed to the Documentation Generation tool. | True |
Visible in Link Manager | Specifies whether the current element is exposed to the Link Manager tool, for example for traceability with Requirements. | True |
Progress Status | Not all elements in the design phase of a System have the same maturity (some are Drafts, some need to be reviewed, etc.). This field allows setting the maturity level of the current Element. | <blank> |
Review | This field allows adding a comment on the progress status of the current element. When this field is not empty a validation rule throws a warning. | empty |
