HP UX SoftBench Software Moving Nodes

Using SoftBench Graph Windows

Understanding Nodes and Arcs

Table A-4	Methods for Selecting Multiple Objects
	Objects	Procedure
	Regions	1.	Depress the left mouse button in a background area
			of the graph.
		2.	Drag the pointer while pressing the left mouse
			button. A dashed rectangle appears with the point
			where the left mouse button was pressed as one
			corner, and the current pointer position as the
			diagonal corner.
		3.	Release the mouse button. All nodes and arcs
			completely enclosed in the rectangle become
			selected.

When you select more than one object, you can clear a single object by holding down the Control key and clicking on the object. Clicking the left mouse button on an empty point on the graph clears all objects.

Moving Nodes

On the Static Graphs and Data Graph you can reposition nodes. The Target Graph does not support this action. Choosing

"Options: ■ Full Relayout" from the SoftBench Static Analyzer graph's main menu causes all nodes to be repositioned whenever nodes or arcs are displayed on or removed from the graph. If you add nodes to the graph while the "■ Full Relayout" toggle button is off, the tool inserts the new nodes into the existing graph or tree. For the Data Graph Window, you must select "❍ Manual Layout" mode to be able to move nodes and "❍ Auto Layout" to have them repositioned automatically.

You can move a node by selecting the node with the middle mouse button and dragging the pointer to the desired new location in the graph. Copies of the affected node and arcs indicate the new locations prior to releasing the mouse button. Upon release, these copies disappear and the actual node and arcs move to the new location.

You can move a group of nodes by following these steps:

1.Select the nodes with a multiple node selection method.

2.With the pointer over one of the selected nodes, hold down the middle mouse button and drag the pointer to the desired new location in the

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