Together's user interface is easy to learn and use. The topics in Quick Tour describe the principal components of the user interface and the main functions of each one. The links below will take you to additional information about the major UI elements.
Together's main window gives you centralized access to all your work in progress. You can open multiple diagrams or files and work on them concurrently in the same window. Each open diagram or file displays in its own tab page in the appropriate pane. The Main Window is comprised of three main regions or panes.
Explorer pane (formerly "Resource pane) enables navigation of your system, provides overview and detail views of your project, and provides easy access to system and extension modules, and reusable components. Use the speedmenu to access properties, version control, compile &make tools, QA analyses and more.
Note: the Inspector from version 3.x is replaced by property Inspectors accessed from speedmenus of elements and diagrams.
Diagram pane is for drawing models visually
Editor pane is for viewing and editing diagram elements' source code, module source code, or text files. You can customize a number of options for this pane on the Text Editor page of the Options dialog.
Message pane dynamically displays several tabs that provide information (system messages) or enable you to perform a specific task (debug code or navigate to problem spots).
Message page displays a queue of messages from the system. Non-critical error messages display here rather than interrupting work flow with modal dialogs. This pane is hidden by default. Use the speedmenu to save or copy messages, navigate to problem spots described by a message line, or clear the message queue.
Debugger page displays when the integrated debugger is invoked. Use the speedmenu to navigate to the bug described by a debugger message line.
Of particular interest on the main menu are the following:
Object: The Object menu replicates the speedmenu of a currently-selected object such as a class or diagram. It is only available when an object having a speedmenu is selected, and the menu content changes dynamically to reflect the speedmenu of the selection.
Search: find and/or replace text strings in source files, diagrams, and across multiple files in your project.
View: You can use the View menu to hide and show any of the panes quickly and easily. You can also maximize any of the panes. Pane toggles are replicated on the Main Toolbar. Note the keyboard shortcuts displayed on the menu.
Select: Provides a quick easy way to select the different panes or select among open diagrams. Check out the keyboard shortcuts on this menu.
Options: Use this menu to customize your Together configuration. You can set configuration options to apply at different levels: installation-wide, project-specific, or diagram specific.
Tools: This menu provides access to several system modules (also accessible from the Modules tab of the Explorer) such as documentation generation and Rose Import/Export. Special features such as information import/export, compile-make-run for integrated tools, and change synchronization for task-switched tools are also found here.
This toolbar replicates a number of commonly needed commands from the Main menu. Of particular interest are the following:
Pane toggles: These buttons duplicate the View menu commands that show, hide, or maximize the different main window panes.
Diagram View Management: Launches the Options dialog at the diagram configuration level. There you can set view management options to show or hide different types of diagram content. (For information about Together's multi-level configuration architecture, see User's Guide: Configuring Together: Multi-level Architecture Overview).
Make project, Rebuild project: launch compile and make from the toolbar
Run: launch the runner to run the compiled project in the configured virtual machine
Run in Debugger: run the project in debug mode
Attach to remote process: attach debugger to a process running on a remote computer
The status bar cells, left-to-right are:
Messages pane: Hide or show the Message pane
Diagram View Management: launches Options dialog with only View Management options visible. The settings are those in force for the current diagram. You can view and change these options to control what is displayed in the Diagram pane. Changes apply only to the diagram.
General info: this cell shows information about elements in diagrams as you mouse-over them.
Progress: Bar shows progress of internal processes that you invoke at different times while working in Together.
Editor info: the remaining cells display information related to the Editor pane:
Changed file indicator
Insert/Overwrite mode
Current line number
Current character column position