Hiding and Showing Diagram Elements

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You can control the visibility of elements on a UML diagram by using the Hide and Show/Hide commands available on the context menu in the Diagram View.

To hide elements on a diagram

1. Open your diagram in the Diagram View.
2. To hide elements on the opened diagram you can:
   • Right-click an element on the diagram and choose Hide on the context menu.
   • Select multiple elements on the diagram using lassoing or hold down CTRL and individually click each element to be selected. Right-click one of the selected elements and choose Hide on the context menu.

To show or hide diagram elements using the Show Hidden dialog box

The Show Hidden dialog box contains the Diagram Elements pane listing all elements from the selected diagram and the Hidden Elements pane listing all elements hidden on the diagram.

1. Open your diagram in the Diagram View.
2. Right-click the diagram background and choose Show/Hide on the context menu. The Show Hidden dialog box opens.
3. To add elements to the list in the Hidden Elements pane you can:
   • In the Diagram Elements pane, double-click an element. The element is added into the list in the Hidden Elements pane.
   • In the Diagram Elements pane, select the elements that you want to hide. (To select multiple elements hold down CTRL and individually click each element to be selected.) Click Add. All selected elements are added to the list in the Hidden Elements pane.
4. To remove elements from the list in the Hidden Elements pane you can:
   • In the Hidden Elements pane, double-click an element. The element is removed from the list in the Hidden Elements pane.
   • In the Hidden Elements pane, select the hidden elements that you want to show. (To select multiple elements hold down CTRL and individually click each element to be selected.) Click Remove. All the selected elements are removed from the Hidden Elements pane.
   • To remove all the elements from the Hidden Elements pane, click Remove All.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box.

The diagram elements listed in the Hidden Elements pane become hidden on the active diagram.

See Also

• Using View Filters
• Creating a Diagram Element