[Uml-devel] [Bug 57663] New: Actions on multiple selections

[Stevan White]

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           Summary: Actions on multiple selections
           Product: umbrello
           Version: 1.1.1
          Platform: Mandrake RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: umbrello-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: stevan_white at hotmail.com


Version:           1.1.1 (using KDE KDE 3.1)
Installed from:    Mandrake RPMs
OS:          Linux

Umbrello supports multiple object selection (for class objects anyway), for the purpose of moving.  However, there are other actions one would want to perform on mutliple selections that are not supported, including:

1) delete
2) set color
3) set package
4) set class visibility
5) add class operation/attribute? Not clear why...
...

I would suggest producing a pop-up menu in response to a right-mouse-click on any of the selected objects.  The menu would contain 'delete', and the ability to set any properties shared by all selected objects (such as 'color', and, if all the objects are classes, 'visibility').  Or perhaps the menu would lead to a 'properties' dialog, which wouldn't allow one to change the 'name', but only properties which can be shared by multiple objects.

The need for such a feature is very obvious when creating a class diagram containing hundreds of classes.  This applies to the other kinds of diagrams as well.