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We shall now present arKItect's search and location tools.

Locate Objects

In the Search Panel of the Home Category, you have a Locate Objects button. This button permits you to localize objects in the current diagram view. Clicking on the button opens a dialog window listing all the objects and flows visible in the current view.

To select a given object or flow, simply double click on it in the object list or first select it in the object list and then click on the Go to button.

Object Location in Hierarchy

For more information on displaying the location of an object in the Object Hierarchy, see Object Location.

Object Search

The Search window can be accessed from the Search Panel of the Home Category, or through the keyboard shortcut CTRL+F.

The search parameters can be a combination of:

  • The object's name or a part of the name (optional, with Match whole word and Match case options).
  • The object's type (optional).
  • Whether or not to ignore attributes.
  • Whether or not search in default value
  • Whether or not to search in Rules; this is option is only available to arKItect Designers.

Click on the Search button to launch the search.

The results can be filtered by type and the object can be located in a projection and in the Internal Block Diagram of the object's parent. To visualize an object instance, double-click on it in the right-hand side list of object instances. (The Find in projection and Locate in Parent View options become visible only after an object instance has been selected.) The Next and Prev buttons permits to move from one diagram view to another.

Dictionaries

To see all objects of a specific type, it is also possible to use the Object Dictionary which is accessible in the Search Panel of the Home Category.

Clicking on the left part of the button will open the Dictionary window with objects of the first available type (first in alphabetical order) preselected.

Clicking on the small arrow in the right part of the button will open the list of types to select from. All objects of selected type will be listed in the Dictionary window then.

Drag&Drop from Search and Dictionary

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Do you know that Drag&Drop functionality is implemented for objects in resulting list of the Search or Dictionary?

Just click on wanted object(s) and start dragging it.

You can then drop it on an object in a Treeview or Internal Block Diagram where corresponding rule is defined (the cursor will tell you where it is possible to drop). The reference to dragged object(s) will be created there.

To cancel dragging operation press Esc or release the left mouse button when the cursor forbids dropping.

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