Using the Diagram View

This page contains tips, tricks, and some details on how to use the diagram view in ProcessDB. This only works for ProcessDB releases based on yFiles, not releases based on TSP (Tom Sawyer Perspectives). See the Help->About within ProcessDB to see which graph layout library your release uses.

Tasks

Here are a list of tasks and how to accomplish these tasks in the diagram view.

Zooming

Zoom using the mouse wheel on a mouse or two finger up/down gesture on a trackpad. Pinch to zoom is not supported.

Panning

Press Ctrl + click-drag using a mouse or trackpad on Windows. Press Command + click-drag on macOS. Without the Ctrl or Command another action will be initiated depending on what is clicked and dragged. See [Selecting / Deselecting] and Moving Objects.

Selecting / Deselecting

• Click a state, process, place, or edge to select it and clear the previous selection.
• Use Ctrl + click on Windows (Command + click on macOS) to add or subtract something from the selection.
• Click and drag from any non-selected node / area in the graph to use a lasso selection. This will also clear the previous selection.

Moving Objects

1. Select one or more objects. See [Selecting / Deselecting]
2. Click and drag starting on a selected object. If you initiate the click on an object or area that isn't selected then a different action will be initiated and no objects will be moved.