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Ecore Tools/New and Noteworthy
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0.8 M4
Ecore Tools Perspective
Ecore Tools Perspective could be used to activate useful views and arrange them in a default way. You can activate it through "Window > Open Perspective > Other..." and then select the corresponding perspective.
Here is an example of screenshot you can get using the Ecore Tools perspective :
Ecore project nature
Ecore Tools new Creation wizard
Properties View
EClass Hierarchy View
EClass References View
Outline View
The outiline view provides a birdview of the diagram canvas as well as a tree view of the model being edited.
The outline view can be synchronized with the selection of the diagram canvas.
DND capabilities from outline
Drag and drop from the outline view is enabled with restoration of connections for elements not yet displayed in the current diagram canvas.
Label customizations
- (from) when external elements
An additional label is displayed inside the EPackage, EClass, EDataType, EEnum or EAnnotation figure when the corresponding semantic element is represented in another diagram canvas.