Designating Visible Attributes

In some projects, certain custom object-attributes become particularly important, and it is helpful to make them visible on diagrams. You can designate the attributes to display within boxes, or on links, by adding a <Display_Preferences> block to your top-level diagram file. Use the <Show_box_attrib name="" /> tag to designate the name of each attribute display within box-objects. For brevity, just the value of the attribute(s) will be displayed. Use the <Show_link_attrib name="" /> tag to designate the name of attribute values to display near links.

Example:

	<Display_Preferences>
	  <Show_box_attrib name="domain" />
	  <Show_box_attrib name="classification" />
	  <Show_link_attrib name="genus" />
	  <Show_link_attrib name="phylum" />
	</Display_Preferences>

	<OPTION>   show_node_attr on    </OPTION>
	<OPTION>   show_link_attr on   </OPTION>

When made visible, the values of designated attributes become visible on diagrams within, or near, each object. However to be visible, the View-mode must also be set to display boxes (nodes) or links, respectively. This can be done by one of the following methods:

• On a file-basis, by setting the show_node_attr and show_link_attr options in example as above,
• By modifying the defaults in your project's gui_setups file.   Or,
• By toggling the options under GUI's View menu.

The attributes are listed in the order they were designated. If a designated attribute is not explicitly set on given object, just a comma will appear in that position as a place-holder. (This does not show inherited attribute values, just explicit settings, if any, on each object.)

These options must be placed outside other blocks, in .sim files.