Formatting Diagram
To change font face, size, and color of view elements:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Show Font Dialog by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+F
or selecting Format | Font... in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - 3.Select font face, size or color and press OK button.

You can also use Style Editor to change Font face, size, and color.
To change line color of view elements:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Show Color Dialog for line color by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+L
or selecting Format | Line Color... in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - 3.Select line color and press OK button.

You can also use Style Editor to change line color.
To change fill color of view elements:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Show Color Dialog for fill color by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+I
or selecting Format | Fill Color... in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - 3.Select fill color and press OK button.
You can also use Style Editor to change fill color.

To change line style of view elements:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Select one of line styles.
- Rectilinear - Press
Ctrl+L
or select Format | Line Style | Rectilinear in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - Oblique - Press
Ctrl+B
or select Format | Line Style | Oblique in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - RoundRect - Press
Ctrl+Alt+L
or select Format | Line Style | RoundRect in Menu Bar or Context Menu. - Curve - Press
Ctrl+Alt+B
or select Format | Line Style | Curve in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
You can also use Style Editor to line style.
To set view elements always resize automatically:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+R
or check (or uncheck) Format | Auto Resize in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
You can also use Style Editor to line style.
To allow text can be shown in multiple lines:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+W
or check (or uncheck) Format | Word Wrap in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
An element has six alternative representations based on the stereotype. To change stereotype display:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+0
~Ctrl+Shift+5
or select Format | Stereotype Display | [StereotypeDisplayKind] in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
Supported stereotype display kinds are follow:
- None (
Ctrl+Shift+0
) : Do not show stereotype. - Label (
Ctrl+Shift+1
) : Show stereotype as a label. - Decoration (
Ctrl+Shift+2
) : Show stereotype as a decorated icon on the top left. - Decoration with Label (
Ctrl+Shift+3
) : Show stereotype as a label with a decorated icon. - Icon (
Ctrl+Shift+4
) : Show element as a icon. - Icon with Label (
Ctrl+Shift+5
) : Show element as a icon with label.

To show (or hide) visibilities:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+V
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Visibility in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To show (or hide) namespace:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+N
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Namespace in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To show (or hide) properties (tags):
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+P
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Property in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To show (or hide) types:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+Y
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Type in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To show (or hide) multiplicities:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+M
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Multiplicity in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To show (or hide) operation signature:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+G
or check (or uncheck) Format | Show Operation Signature in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To suppress attributes:
- 1.Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+A
or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Attributes in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To suppress operations:
- 1.Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+O
or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Operations in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To suppress receptions:
- 1.Select view elements (e.g. Class) in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+E
or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Receptions in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To suppress literals:
- 1.Select Enumeration view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+T
or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Literals in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To suppress columns:
- 1.Select Entity view elements in diagram.
- 2.Press
Ctrl+Shift+U
or check (or uncheck) Format | Suppress Columns in Menu Bar or Context Menu.
To bring view elements on the front:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Select Format | Alignment | Bring to Front in Menu Bar or Alignment | Bring to Front in Context Menu.
Or, to send view elements to the back:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Select Format | Alignment | Send to Back in Menu Bar or Alignment | Send to Back in Context Menu.
And, you can align two or more view elements:
- 1.Select view elements in diagram.
- 2.Select Format | Alignment | [AlignmentKind] in Menu Bar or Alignment | [AlignmentKind] in Context Menu.
- Align Left : Align selected view elements to the left.
- Align Right : Align selected view elements to the right.
- Align Middle : Center selected view elements horizontally.
- Align Top : Align selected view elements to the top.
- Align Bottom : Align selected view elements to the bottom.
- Align Center : Center selected view elements vertically.
To layout diagram automatically:
- 1.Open the diagram to be layout.
- 2.Select Format | Layout | Auto in Menu Bar.
If you want to layout diagram in a particular direction:
- 1.Open the diagram to be layout.
- 2.Select Format | Layout | [Direction] in Menu Bar. Supported directions are Top to Bottom, Bottom to Top, Left to Right and Right to Left.
To zoom in the diagram, press
Ctrl++
or select View | Zoom In in Menu Bar.To zoom out the diagram, press
Ctrl+-
or select View | Zoom Out in Menu Bar.To set zoom level to actual size, press
Ctrl+0
or select View | Actual Size in Menu Bar.You can check the current zoom level in StatusBar.
Last modified 3yr ago