View Reference Properties

Selecting a View Reference in a View means that you can edit or view the following properties in the Properties Window. Some of these properties relate to the referenced View (Name, Documentation, Properties) and some relate to the actual graphical node itself (Appearance, Label, Image).


The Main Tab

Editing the "Main" Properties for a View Reference

Name: The name of the referenced View
Documentation: A space to enter some user documentation relating to the referenced View

The Properties Tab

Edit Properties for the referenced View. For more information about creating and managing User Properties see User Properties.


The Appearance Tab

Editing the "Appearance" Properties for a View Reference

Fill colour: Sets the fill colour for the selected object. The "Default" button sets the fill colour to the default setting.
Line colour: Sets the colour of the line used to draw the selected object. The "Default" button sets the line colour to the default setting. If this is disabled it is because line colours are derived from the object's fill colour, as set in Preferences.
Gradient: Sets the direction used to draw the gradient fill of the selected element. Settings are "None", "Top", Left", "Right" and "Bottom". Note - gradients will not show when a diagram is exported in SVG image format.
Text Alignment: Align text in the selected object to Left, Centred or Right.
Text Position: Align text in the selected object to Top, Middle or Bottom.
Font: Sets the font used for the text in the selected object. The "Default" button sets the font to the default setting as set in Preferences.
Font colour: Sets the colour of the font used for the text in the selected object. The "Default" button sets the font colour to the default setting.
Fill Opacity: Set the fill opacity of the figure. Range from 0-255.
Outline Opacity: Set the outline opacity of the figure. Range from 0-255.

 

The Label Tab

Adding a Label Expression to display in the View

By default, a View Reference's name will be displayed in any View in which it appears. Using a label expression per View instance, you can choose what is displayed for the View Reference in the View. For example you may wish to display the View Reference's name and the value of one or more of its properties.

For a full list of expression types please refer to the Archi Wiki.

 

The Image Tab

Image Properties for a View Reference

Show Icon: Whether to show the small icon for the figure. Options are "If no image defined", "Always", and "Never".
Preview: A preview image that shows how the image will appear. Double-clicking the Preview box will launch the Image Chooser dialog window. You can also drag and drop an image file from the desktop onto the Preview box.
Image: Select an image for the object or clear the image. See "Adding Images to Objects" for more details
Position: Sets the position of the image relative to the object.