Right mouse button menus

Analytica User GuideMenusRight mouse button menus

This menu appears when you click your right mouse button on one or more nodes, a diagram background, or in other windows

The list of commands depends on the context. The menu displayed below is what you get when you right-click a node.

	Menu item	Description
	Undo	Undoes your last action. “Can’t Undo” appears in this location if an undo is not possible.
	Cut	Cuts the selected text, node(s), or table cells into the clipboard temporarily for pasting.
	Copy	Copies the selected text, node(s), graph, or table cells into the clipboard temporarily for pasting. See Copying and Pasting.
	Paste	Pastes the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point in a text, diagram, or table, or replaces the current selection. See Copying and Pasting.
	Select All	Selects all the text in an attribute field, nodes in a diagram, or cells in a table.
	Duplicate Nodes	Duplicates the selected nodes onto the same diagram. See “Duplicate nodes” in Create and edit nodes.
	Copy Diagram	When a Diagram window is active, copies a picture of the diagram for pasting into a graphics application.  See Copying and Pasting.
	Preferences	Opens the Preferences dialog to examine or change various options.
	Edit Definition	Opens the appropriate view for editing the definition of the selected variable. If the variable is defined as a distribution or sequence, the Object Finder opens. If it is defined as a table or probability table, its edit table window opens. Otherwise, an Object window or Attribute panel opens, depending on the Edit attributes setting in the Preferences dialog.
	Show Result	Opens a Result window for the selected object. See Result window.
	Bring to Front	Brings the selected object(s) to the front of the drawing order so that if the object(s) overlap any other elements, the object is visible. This menu option appears only when you right-click one or more nodes. This is the only way to move some nodes in front of others.
	Send to Back	Sends the selected object(s) to the back of the drawing order so that the selected object(s) are drawn behind any overlapping elements. This menu option appears only when you right-click one or more nodes. This is the only way to move some nodes behind the others.
	Align	Opens the Align submenu.
	Make Same Size	Opens the Make Same Size submenu.
	Space Evenly	Opens the Space Evenly submenu.
	Set Diagram Style	Displays a Diagram style dialog to set default arrow displays, node size, and font for this diagram. See Diagram Style dialog.
	Set Node Style	Displays Node style dialog to set arrow display and font for the selected node(s). See Node Style dialog.
	Show / Hide Color Palette	Displays the color palette to set the color of the diagram background or of selected nodes. See “Recoloring nodes or background” in Color in influence diagrams.

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