Rational Developer for System z

Adding notes to the flow editor canvas

This topic describes how to add notes to the flow editor canvas.

A note is a resizable, movable, rectangular text box on the flow editor canvas that you can use to record information about the flow or a part of the flow. You can add multiple notes to the flow editor canvas.

A note is not linked in any way to a particular node in the flow, nor is any information from a note included in the output files generated by the Generate Runtime Code wizard.

You can move a note to any location on the flow editor canvas, but typically a note is positioned near the node or the part of the flow that the note describes.

The following sections describe the tasks that you can perform with notes.

Creating a note

To create a note:
  1. Open the palette (see Palette).
  2. Drag the menu item Note from the palette to the canvas, or select the menu item and then click a blank area of the canvas.
The flow editor adds a new note to the flow editor canvas.

Changing the title or body of a note

To change the text in the title of a note:
  1. Click the title area.
    Note: Alternatively, you can right-click the note and then select Edit Title.
  2. Type the text you want.
Note: Two or more notes can have the same title.
To change the text in the body of a note:
  1. Click the body of the note.
    Note: Alternatively, you can right-click the note and then select Edit Text.
  2. Type the text you want.

Copying and pasting text in a note

You copy text from a note or paste text into a note in the usual way.

To copy text from a note:
  1. Click the title or body of the note so that it is editable (see Changing the title or body of a note).
  2. Mark the area that you want to copy.
  3. Right-click the area and click Copy (or press Ctrl-C).
To paste text into a note:
  1. Click the title or body of the note so that it is editable (see Changing the title or body of a note).
  2. Place the cursor at the location where you want to paste the text.
  3. Right-click the area and click Paste (or press Ctrl-V).

Moving or resizing a note

To move a note, simply drag it to the location you want on the flow editor canvas.

To resize a note, drag a sizing handle of the note to the position you want.

Deleting a note

To delete a note:
  1. Right-click the note.
  2. Click Delete.


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