Outline window

The Outline window displays a listing of the nodes inside a model. It can also show the module hierarchy as an indented list of modules. It provides an easy way to orient yourself in a large model and to navigate within it.

Opening the Outline window: To open the Outline window, click the Outline button in the toolbar . The Outline window highlights the entry for the selected module or variable.

Opening details from an outline: To display a module’s Diagram window, double-click its entry in the outline. To jump to a variable and open the Diagram containing it, double-click its entry in the outline. To display a variable’s Object window, select it and press the Object Window button in the toolbar ().

Expanding and contracting the outline: By default, the outline lists all nodes in the model. Check the Modules Only box to list only the modules (exclude variables and functions).

In the outline, each module entry has a triangle icon or to let you display or hide the module’s contents.

Indicates that the module’s contents are not shown in the Outline window. Click this icon to display the module’s contents.

Indicates that the module’s contents are shown as an indented list. Click this icon to hide the module’s contents

Viewing and editing attributes: The Attribute panel at the bottom of the Outline window works just like the Attribute panel available at the bottom of a Diagram window. To view the attributes of a listed node:

Select the node by clicking it.
Choose the attribute to examine from the Attribute popup menu

See Creating and Editing Definitions.

If you edit attributes in this panel, the changes are propagated to any other Attribute panels and Object windows.

Viewing values: To see the Outline window with mid values, select Show With Values from the Object menu. Each variable whose mid value has been evaluated and is an atom displays in the window.