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To create a text node use Insert | Text or the hotkey F7. Then left-click at the position at
which you want to create the new note. It is edited by clicking inside the text box or using F2.
All editing features described in Selecting, cutting, copying, inserting and copying as an image are also
applicable to text nodes.
4.15 Selecting, cutting, copying, inserting and copying as an image
Selecting individual automaton elements
Individual elements of an automaton (initial and final nodes, junctions, states, text nodes and
transitions) may be selected by clicking on the element using the left mouse button. Its colour
will change to blue as the element is selected.
Selecting multiple automaton elements
Multiple elements can be selected by clicking and dragging diagonally in the work area to
select elements within the rectangle.
Alternatively holding the Ctrl key will allow cumulative selection of elements by left-clicking
on them.
A transition will automatically be included in a selection, if both of its connected elements have been
selected.
In order to select all elements of an automaton (in other words: the entire automaton), one may use
Edit | Select All from the menu or by using the corresponding hotkey Ctrl+A.
Clearing a selection
In order to clear a selection simply left-click on an empty area of the automaton.
Moving automaton elements
The position of a selected automaton element may be changed by dragging it with the mouse.
This also works on a compound selection of multiple automaton elements, in which case all
selected elements will be moved together.
A transition may not be moved independently as its position is linked to the positions of the elements, it
connects.
Deleting automaton elements
Select a single or several automaton elements and use the corresponding menu item (Edit |
Delete) or its assigned hotkey Del.
When deleting automaton elements, all their incoming and outgoing transitions, will be deleted, too,
since a transition must always be connected to both a source and a target element.
When deleting a state or a testlet all its embedded elements will be deleted as well (see Embedded
testlets).
Cutting out selected automaton elements
Select a single or multiple automaton elements and choose Edit | Delete or hotkey Ctrl+X. All selected
elements will be copied to the system clipboard and deleted from the automaton. They may be pasted
into other automatons of the same or even a different file.
A transition may not be cut out independently of the elements it connects. Both the elements have to be
cut out at the same time, in order to cut the transition out, too. Otherwise, the transition will not be
transferred to the system clipboard, but deleted.