Properties of Swimlanes
You can add swimlanes to a diagram. Swimlanes divide a diagram into vertical or horizontal areas. You can define other shapes to be displayed inside swimlanes. For more information, see How to Define a Domain-Specific Language. For more information about how to use these properties, see Customizing and Extending a Domain-Specific Language.
Swimlanes have the properties that are listed in the following table.
Property |
Description |
Default |
|---|---|---|
Body Fill Color |
The fill color for the body of the swimlane. |
White |
Header Fill Color |
The fill color for the header of the swimlane. |
DarkGray |
Separator Color |
The color of the separator line. |
LightGray |
Separator Line Style |
The style of the separator line (Solid, Dash, Dot, DashDot, DashDotDot, or Custom). |
Dash |
Separator Thickness |
The thickness of the separator line in inches. |
0.03125 |
Text Color |
The color that is used for text decorators that are associated with this swimlane. |
Black |
Access Modifier |
The level of access of the class (public or internal). |
Public |
Custom Attributes |
Used to add attributes to the code class that is generated from this swimlane. |
<none> |
Generates Double Derived |
If True, both a base class and a partial class (to support customization through overrides) will be generated. For more information, see Overriding and Extending the Generated Classes. |
False |
Has Custom Constructor |
If True, a custom constructor will be provided in the source code. For more information, see Overriding and Extending the Generated Classes. |
False |
Inheritance Modifier |
Describes the kind of inheritance of the source code class that is generated from the swimlane (none, abstract or sealed). |
none |
Base Swimlane |
The base class of this swimlane. |
(none) |
Name |
The name of this swimlane. |
Current name |
Namespace |
The namespace that is affiliated with this swimlane. |
Current namespace |
Tooltip Type |
How the tooltip is defined (fixed, variable, or none). If fixed, then the value of the Fixed Tooltip Text property is used; if variable, then the tooltip is defined in custom code. |
<none> |
Notes |
Informal notes that are associated with this swimlane. |
<none> |
Alignment |
Horizontal or vertical alignment. |
Vertical |
Initial Height |
The initial height of this swimlane, in inches. Applicable only to horizontal swimlanes. |
0 |
Initial Width |
The initial width of this swimlane, in inches. Applicable only to vertical swimlanes. |
0 |
Exposes Text Color |
If True, the user can set the color of a swimlane in the generated designer. To set this, right-click the swimlane shape and click Add Exposed. |
False |
Description |
Used to document the generated designer. |
<none> |
Display Name |
The name that will be displayed in the generated designer to refer to this swimlane class. |
<none> |
Fixed Tooltip Text |
The text that is used for a fixed tooltip. |
<none> |
Help Keyword |
The keyword that is used to index F1 help for this swimlane. |
<none> |