Re: Adding comments to an object

[Ken Springer <snowshed1 q com>]

On 4/22/14 11:17 AM, Hans Breuer wrote:
> At 22.04.2014 04:01, Ken Springer wrote:
> [...]
> > > So you could use the "UML - Class" object in Dia as your box with just a
> > > simple string (the class name). Switch off "Attributes visible" and
> > > "Operations visible", to get rid of the two additional areas.
> >
> > And this is all more than I understand.   LOL
> http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/special-objects-chapter.html#N4091C
>
> > > Your extra window for more information would be just the properties dialog
> > > having a lot of fields you could now fill with additional, invisible
> > > information. You can keep it open while navigating your diagram, but
> > > updating to the selection requires a double click.
> >
> > Are you saying each rectangular object would have it's own properties box?
> > If so, it might work.  A problem I'm anticipating is one object might need
> > 50 characters of text, yet another may need 250 characters of text.
> There is only one property dialog open at the same time. It just can adapt
> to the selected object. The link above shows it's UML - Class incarnation.

Thank you, Hans!  I think that will work!

Is the text/character length of the comment field unlimited?



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