Diagram toolbar and context menu
Use the diagram editor toolbar to quickly access actions and the context menu to manage the displayed diagram.
Toolbar
Item | Description |
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Click this button to show association fields in the tables, and hence the links between the associated tables. | |
Click this button to show migration fields in the tables. | |
Click this button to show fields generated by the database management system. | |
Click this button to show own fields. | |
Click this icon to restore the actual size of the diagram. | |
Click this icon to make the contents fit into the current diagram size. | |
Click this icon to apply the current layout, selected from the Layout node of the diagram context menu. | |
Click this icon to scale the diagram to the edges of the window. | |
Click this icon to copy the diagram into the clipboard. | |
Click this icon and then select any diagram area with the mouse cursor: the selected area will be copied into the clipboard. | |
Click this icon to export a diagram using various formats, which are compatible with third-party tools, to a file, to an image, or open the diagram in the browser. You can select and configure the following options:
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Click this button to refresh the whole diagram. | |
Click this button to open the Diagram settings where you can configure additional options. |
Context menu
The table below contains commands that are not available from the toolbar.
Item | Description |
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Selected Element Actions | Use this option to open a list of actions that is applied to a selected element in the diagram. You can select actions to copy an element, jump to its source, find its usages, use the go to actions, various Git actions, and so on. |
Content | Use this option to open a list of actions that help you to add new elements, show dependencies, sort elements inside the diagram, and so on.
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Delete | Deletes the selected diagram. |
Analyze Graph | Use this node to select one of the commands to analyze a diagram. You can check the graph characteristics, change the focus of the graph, measure graph centrality, and so on. |
Refactor | This node contains refactoring commands, enabled in the current context. |
Layout | Select the desired diagram layout from the submenu. |
Orientation | Provides you with the following orientation options: Bottom to Top, Top to Bottom, and so on. |
Apply Current Layout | Applies the current layout, selected from the Layout node of the diagram context menu |
Route Edges | Scales the diagram content to the edges of the diagram window. |
Appearance | Manages the way the diagram is presented by showing the grid, edge labels, bridges. Allows you to merge edges and select edge shapes. |
Behavior | Use this option to select commands related to the diagram behavior sucha as aligning elements against the grid, showing structure view for the selected node, or fitting the content after the layout. |
Copy Diagram to Clipboard | Click this icon to copy the diagram into the clipboard. |
Copy Selection to Clipboard | Click this icon and then select any diagram area with the mouse cursor: the selected area will be copied into the clipboard. |
Export Diagram | Use this option to export a diagram using various formats, which are compatible with third-party tools, to a file, to an image, or open the diagram in the browser. |