Tab Buttons

The bottom of each tab, regardless of type (General, Detail, etc.), contains five buttons to control the actions on each tab.

Figure 15 Tab Buttons

OK

Clicking OK applies the changes made to the specification, closes the dialog box, and returns focus to the diagram.

Cancel

Clicking Cancel ignores all changes made to the specification since the last Apply, closes the dialog box, and returns focus to the diagram.

Apply

Clicking Apply enacts the changes made to the specification and leaves the specification open.

Changes to a Specification field are not enacted until you click OK or Apply. These buttons are disabled if the model element is assigned to a controlled unit that is write-protected.

Browse

Clicking Browse displays four choices:

• Select in Browser, which highlights the selected item in the browser.
• Browse Parent, which opens the specification for the parent of the selected item.
• Browse Selection, which opens the specification for the currently selected item.
• Show Usage, which displays a list of all diagrams in which the currently selected element is the supplier, or in the case of a collaboration diagram, a list that shows the usage of a message.

Help

Clicking Help invokes the online Help topic related to the dialog box.

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Navigating the Tabs

Many tabs contain lists of elements related to the specification. The lists typically consist of one row per related element. The rows are typically divided into columns, describing aspects of the rows (e.g. Filename and Path on the Files tab). To navigate between rows and columns in the list, either select the row and column with the pointer or use the arrow keys on the keyboard.