Toolbox

If you want to add your tool items in Toolbox, you need to define a toolbox JSON in your extension. The toolbox JSON files should be placed in toolbox/ folder in your extension.
my-extension/
└─ toolbox/
└─ toolbox.json

Tool Group

The toolbox JSON defines an array of Tool Group definitions as below:
[
{
"label": "Tool Group 1",
"id": "tool-group-1",
"diagram-types": [ "UMLClassDiagram" ],
"items": [
{
"label": "Tool Item 1",
"id": "tool-item-1",
"icon": "icon-UMLClass",
"rubberband": "rect",
"command": "my:add-element",
"command-arg": {
"id": "UMLClass",
"stereotype": "my-stereotype"
}
},
...
]
},
...
]
  • label : The tool group title shown in the Toolbox.
  • id : Unique identifier.
  • diagram-types : A list of diagram types. The tool group will be shown only when one of the diagram-types is active. (e.g. "UMLClassDiagram", "UMLUseCaseDiagram", ...)
  • items : A list of tool item definitions.

Tool Item

A tool item represents an element that users can create on a diagram.
  • label : The tool item title shown in the Toolbox
  • id : Unique identifier of the tool item.
  • icon : Icon CSS class name. You can specify already defined icon names (e.g. "icon-UMLClass", "icon-UMLPackage", ...) or your own CSS class name in stylesheets of your extension.
  • rubberband : A type of rubberband. One of "rect"(for sizable node-type elements), "line"(for edge-type elements), "point"(for fixed-size node-type elements).
  • command : A command name to be executed.
  • command-arg : An argument object will be passed to the command.

Command

A command used for tool item should create an element on a diagram. We strongly recommend to use app.factory.createModelAndView() function to create an element. See the section for more detail.
Toolbox will pass options object to the command. The passed options parameter contains:
  • diagram : The active diagram.
  • id : The identifier of tool item.
  • x1, y1, x2, y2 : The user dragged area on the diagram.
  • ... : command-arg are combined.
main.js
function handleAddElement (options) {
options = Object.assign(options, {
'model-init': {
'stereotype': options.stereotype
},
'view-init': {
'stereotypeDisplay': 'icon',
'suppressAttributes': true,
'suppressOperations': true
}
})
return app.factory.createModelAndView(options)
}
app.commands.register('my:add-element', handleAddElement)