If it was already selected it is deselected. Opening up a selection box with the SHIFT key held down adds the selection box nodes to the set of previously selected nodes.Ĭlicking on a node with the SHIFT key held down selects the node, if it was not already selected. All objects outside the box will be deselected. Releasing the mouse button will select all nodes that lie within the selection box. Click on any location in the editor not occupied by a node to deselect all nodes.īy left-dragging the mouse, starting from an unoccupied location in the editor, a selection box will open up.īy dragging the mouse around one can change the bounds of the box.
A selected node will have a different appearance than an unselected one. See also: Create a new group node, Add/Remove a node to a group node/from a group node Selecting and deselecting nodesĬlick on a node to select it. If there are selected graph elements, then no node will be created but the graph elements are deselected instead. The mouse click must occur at an empty place within the drawing canvas. A new default node will appear at that spot. The new node is created at the drop location.Īdditionally, it is possible to create a node by a simple mouse click (left mouse button) within the active editor window if optionĬreate Node on Background Click is enabled. Image nodes can also be created by dragging an image file from the file system onto the active editor. The following actions can be performed by using the mouse or the keyboard:Ī node can be created by dragging any of the sample node representations from the Palette tool window into the active editor window (using a mouse drag gesture). This mode allows for creating and/or manipulating a graph that is shown in the editor. The following describes the behavior of the edit mode, if these additional features are switched off. They can be switched on or off from the tool bar and the menu bar. There are three optional features which have an influence on how the Edit Mode works: Snap Lines, Grid and Orthogonal Edges. When yEd starts up, it is in Edit Mode by default. Either of these modes can be activated from the tool bar and the menu bar. The Edit Mode supports creation of a graph and its elements and allows all kinds of modifications to them.
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