The Compartments tab of the Style Modification dialog allows you to set up compartments that show the properties, linked items, and tagged values of an item. The Compartments tab is available only when setting the style of a valid item or symbol.
For information about the different ways in which you can change the presentation of a symbol, see
Overview of Customizing Symbols.
This dialog has the following controls:
• Available Compartments pane —lists the compartments that are available for the item or symbol.
• Select button —moves the compartments that are selected in the Available Compartments list to the Selected Compartments list.
• Deselect button — moves the compartments that are selected in the Selected Compartments list to the Available Compartments list.
• Select All button - moves all compartments in the Available Compartments list to the Selected Compartments list.
• Deselect All button - moves all the compartments in the Selected Compartments list to the Available Compartments list.
• Selected Compartments pane - lists the compartments that have been selected for the item.
• To Top button - moves the selected compartment in the Selected Compartments list to the top of the list.
• Up button - moves the selected compartment in the Selected Compartments list up one place.
• Down button - moves the selected compartment in the Selected Compartments list down one place.
• To Bottom button - moves the selected compartment in the Selected Compartments list to the bottom of the list.
• Show Headings check box - specifies that the heading of the compartment is shown; the heading being the name of the Stereotype or Tag Definition for which the Compartment is created.
• Inherit Compartments check box - when the style applies to a diagram symbol, specifies that compartments defined for the associated item are inherited for the symbol. When the style applies to an item, the Inherit Compartments check box is irrelevant.
• Show Full Names check box - for reference compartments, the Show Full Name check box specifies that the full name of referenced items is shown. If both the Show Full Names and Show Signatures check boxes are selected, signatures are shown for referenced item that have signatures.
• Show Signatures check box - for reference compartments, specifies that the signature is shown for referenced items that have signatures. If both the Show Full Names and Show Signatures check boxes are selected, signatures are shown for referenced item that have signatures.
• Show Types check box - for reference compartments, specifies that the compartment shows the type of each referenced item. The type precedes the name of the referenced item and is shown within guillemots.
• Show Constraints check box - for reference compartments, shows Constraints that are applied to each referenced item.