Displaying and hiding Legends

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You can display or remove a Legend in an active diagram or table. It is also possible to apply Legend adornments in a diagram or table without displaying the Legend itself, as shown below.

A Requirement Table displaying only Legend adornments

To display a Legend in an open diagram or table

• Create a Legend in a diagram or table.
• Drag an existing Legend from the model browser to a diagram.
• Complete the following steps:
  1. Click  in the diagram or table toolbar.
  2. In the drop-down menu, select Display Legends.
  3. Select the legend(s) you want to display.
  4. Click the Display button.

Completing one of the actions described above displays the Legend in an open diagram or table, and applies its Legend Item adornments to the relevant diagram shapes or table rows.

To remove a Legend from an open diagram or table

• Delete the Legend shape from a diagram.
• Hover the mouse pointer over a legend in a table, click  and select Hide.
• Complete the following steps:
  1. Click  in the diagram or table toolbar.
  2. In the drop-down menu, select Remove Legends.
  3. Select the legend(s) you want to remove.
  4. Click the Remove button.

The actions described above remove a Legend from an open diagram or table and Legend Item adornments are no longer applied to the relevant diagram shapes or table rows.

Applying adornments without displaying Legend

You can apply Legend adornments in a diagram or table without displaying the Legend. To achieve this, define the Legend scope by selecting specific diagrams of your model (the Specific Diagrams property) and/or defining the condition that diagrams should meet for the Legend to be applied (the Diagrams by Condition property).

Example

Let's say that you want to apply the adornments of a Legend to all Requirement Diagrams and one specific Requirement Table of your model. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Open the Specification window of a Legend.
2. Select the Diagrams by Condition property specification cell and click .
3. In the Diagrams by Condition dialog, select the Condition radio button.
4. In the Property Test operation specification area, select the Type property and enter the Requirement Diagram as its value.
   
   
   
   
5. Click OK.
6. Select the Specific Diagrams property specification cell and click .
7. In the Select Diagram dialog, select the desired Requirement Table.
8. Click OK.

After completing the above steps, the Legend adornments are applied to all Requirement Diagrams and the selected Requirement Table. By specifying the Diagrams by Condition property, you also ensure that the Legend adornments will be automatically applied to newly created Requirement Diagrams as well, because they meet the defined condition.

Related pages

• Legends
  • Creating Legends
  • Creating Legends automatically
  • Creating and managing Legend Items
  • Specifying Legend Items