Comment (dictionary item)
For automation interface information about a Comment, click here Comment (automation interface)/
A comment is a textual annotation that can be attached to a set of items.
You can create a Comments in the following ways:
• Through the context menu of most items types. When you create a Comment from the context menu of an item, Modeler applies the Comment to the owning item (except when the owning item is the Model or a Package)
• Through the Items tab of an item's Property Pages.
• Through most diagram types. When you create a Comment on a diagram, the Comment is owned by the item that owns the diagram. On a diagram, you can apply a Comment to an item by creating a Note Link between the Comment and the item.
Specify the text of a Comment through its Full Text property, which appears on the Full Text tab of its Property Pages.
Note that Modeler sets the name of a new Comment to 'Comment'. When you specify the text of a Comment through the Full Text property, Modeler sets the name of the Comment to the text of the Full Text property.
You can view which items a Comment applies to in the following ways:
• On a Comment's Property Pages, you can see which items the Comment is applied to through the Items tab – in the Show Associated list, select Annotated Items, and then the items to which the Comment applies are listed.
• A Usage report for a Comment reports which diagrams the Comment appears on and which items the Comment is applied to.
• In the Relationships pane, you can expand a Comment, and then expand the Annotated Items folder.
When shown on a diagram, a Comment's notation is as follows:
In the Modeler panes, a short-cut symbol 
on the Comment's icon indicates that the item is a stub.
on the Comment's icon indicates that the item is a stub.The following sections provide information about how a Comment is used in the model. For more information about a property, item, model part or diagram, click it.
Properties
In addition to the standard properties, a Comment has these properties:
• Full Text (Real RTF through the Automation Interface)
Note that you cannot set the Name of a Comment – Modeler sets the Name of a Comment to the value of the Full Text property.
Owned by
Accept Event Action
Activity
Activity Final Node
Activity Partition
Actor
Actual Template Parameter
Add Structural Feature Value Action
Alternative Choice
Association
Atomic State
Attribute
Basic Type
Board
Board IO Device
Board IO Device Type
Board Type
Call Behavior Action
Call Operational Action
Central Buffer
Change Note
Channel
Class
Clear Association Action
Clear Structural Feature Action
Column
Concurrent State
Connection Point Reference
Constraint
Constraint Type
Control Flow
Create Link Action
Create Object Action
Data Store
Data Type
Database
Decision Node
Dependency
Destroy Link Action
Destroy Object Action
Disk
Disk Type
Drop
Entry State
Enumeration Literal
Event
Event Action Block
Event Flag
Exception
Exception Handler
Exit State
External Connector
Final State
Flow Final Node
Fork Node
Fork State
Generalization
History State
Increment
Index
Initial Node
Initial State
Input Pin
Instance
Interface
Interface Device
Interface Device Type
Interruptible Activity Region
IO Flow
Join Node
Signal
Join State
Junction State
Mailbox
Memory
Memory Type
Merge Node
Model
Monitor
Multidrop Bus
Multidrop Bus Type
Object Flow
Opaque Action
Operation
Output Pin
Package
Point to point connection
Point to Point Connection Type
Pool
Processor
Processor Type
Qualifier
Read Extent Action
Read Link Action
Read Self Action
Read Structural Feature Action
Reception
Relationship
Remove Structural Feature Value Action
Role
Script
Semaphore
Send Signal Action
Sequential State
State Machine
Stereotype
Structured Activity Node
Submachine State
Subsystem
Synchronizer
Table
Tag definition
Task
Ternary Association
Ternary Role
Test Identity Action
Transition
Type Definition
Use Case
Value Specification Action
Variant
Variation PointOwns
None.
Defined in these parts of the model
Comments do not relate to any specific part of a model.
Shown on these diagrams
Activity Diagram
Class Diagram
Communication Diagram
Composite Structure Diagram
Concurrency Diagram
Constraints Diagram
General Flow Diagram
General Graphics Diagram
Object Diagram
Sequence Diagram
State diagram
System Architecture Diagram
Table Relationships Diagram
Use Case Diagram
Variant DiagramCan be linked to these dictionary items
In addition to the following items, a Comment can be linked to the owning item and the item it is applied to.
 | Like most other items in a Model, a Comment can also be linked to a Frame Box, General Node, General Flow, General Flow Diagram Node, General Flow Diagram Flow or Swimlane. |