This tab provides some limited control over the graphical representation of artifacts in the editing pane.
Artifacts that do not have any specific direct graphical representation on the screen (beyond their textual description) do not have style tabs of their own. For example the style sheet of an operation on a class will be downlighted.
Style sheets vary a little from artifact to artifact, but Figure 12.8, “A typical Style
tab on the details
pane” shows a typical style tab for an
artifact in ArgoUML
(in this case a package).
There may be further fields in some cases, e.g. for a class, but the fields shown are common to many artifacts.
Bounds:
This defines the corners of
the bounding box for a 2D artifact. It comprises four numbers separated
by periods. These four numbers are respectively: i) the X coordinate of
the upper left corner of the box; ii) the Y coordinate of the upper
left corner of the box; iii) the width of the box; and iv) the height
of the box. All units are pixels on the editing pane.
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This field has no effect on 1D artifacts that link other artifacts (associations, generalizations etc), since their position is constrained by their connectedness. |
Fill:
This drop-down selector
specifies the fill color for 2D artifacts. It is not present for line
artifacts.
Selecting No Fill
makes the artifact transparant.
Selecting Custom
allows to create other colors then
the ones listed.
It causes the color selector dialog box to appear, see
Figure 12.9, “The Custom Fill/Line Color
dialog box”.
Line:
This drop-down selector
specifies the line color for artifacts.
Selecting No Fill
makes the artifact transparant.
Selecting Custom
allows to create other colors then
the ones listed.
It causes the color selector dialog box to appear, see
Figure 12.9, “The Custom Fill/Line Color
dialog box”.
Shadow:
This drop-down selector
specifies the width of the shadow (if any) for 2D artifacts. It is not
present for line artifacts.