Understand Class Presentation Options

Unified Modeling Language (UML) Class Diagram is a type of static structure diagram that describes the structure of a system by showing the system’s classes, their attributes, operations (or methods), and the relationships among objects. Class is the basic element in Class Diagram. Visual Paradigm offers a variety of presentation options that allow users to customize the view of the classes in diagrams. Below are all presentation options available to classes and what are their meaning.

Options	Available Setting	Meaning	Example
Attributes
	Show Initial Value	Display the initial value of an attribute if it being defined.
	Show Multiplicity	Display the multiplicity value of an attribute if it being defined.
	Show Code Details	To show/hide the Attribute’s Code Details on selected class (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class follow to diagram’s Show Code Details setting. Project need to specify model for specific programming language.
	Show Type	To show/hide attribute’s datatype (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class attributes follow to diagram’s Show Type setting.
	Suppress Implied “1” Multiplicity	To show/hide the “1” multiplicity on attribute (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class attributes follow to diagram’s Suppress Implied “1” Multiplicity setting.
	Show Property Modifiers	To show/hide the ID and readOnly modifier (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class attributes follow to diagram’s Show Property Modifier setting.
	No Sorting	Manual sort attribute’s order.
	Sort by Name	Sort attributes according to their names in alphabetical order.
	Sort by Visibility	Sort attributes according to their visibility.
	Sort by Stereotype	Sort attributes according to its stereotypes.
	Hide All	Hide all attribute(s) in a class.
	Show All	Show all attribute(s) in a class.
	Show Public Only	Only show public attribute(s) in a class.
	Customized	Customize the show/hide of multiple attributes at once.
	Show Inherited Attributes	To show the inherited attributes in class.
	Show Referenced Attributes	To show/hide the attributes which comes from association (override diagrams’s setting), or specify the class attributes follow to diagram’s Show Referenced Attributes setting.
Operations
	Show Signature	To show the entire operation situation.
	Show Parameters	To show/hide the operation’s parameters (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class operations follow to diagram’s Show Parameters setting.
	Show Parameter Name	To show/hide the name of parameters.
	Show Parameter Direction	To show/hide the direction of parameters.
	Show Parameter Code Details	To show/hide the operation’s parameter code details (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class operations follow to diagram’s Show Parameters Code Details setting.
	Show Return Type	To show/hide the return type of the operation (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class operations follow to diagram’s Show Return Type setting.
	Show Template Parameters	To show/hide operation’s template parameters.
	Show Properties	To show/hide the operation’s Query, Ordered and Unique properties.
	Show Raised Exceptions	To show/hide Raised Exception on operations.
	Show Code Details	To show/hide operation’s code details (override diagram’s setting), or specify the class operations follow to diagram’s Show Code Details setting.
	No Sorting	Manual sort operation’s order
	Sort by Name	Sort operations according to their name in alphabetical order.
	Sort by Visibility	Sort operations according to their visibility.
	Sort by Stereotype	Sort operations according to its stereotypes.
	Hide All	Hide all operation(s) in a class.
	Show All	Show all operation(s) in a class.
	Show Public Only	Only show public operation(s) in a class.
	Customized	Customize the show/hide of multiple operations at once.
	Show Inherited Operations	To show/hide inherited operations on selected class.
Receptions
	No Sorting	Manual sort reception’s order
	Sort by Name	Sort receiptions according to their name in alphabetical order.
	Sort by Visibility	Sort receptions according to their visibility.
	Sort by Stereotype	Sort receiptions according to its stereotypes.
	Hide All	Hide all receiption(s) in a class.
	Show All	Show all reception(s) in a class.
	Show Public Only	Only show public receiption(s) in a class.
	Customized	Customize the show/hide of multiple reception at once.
Class Members
	Show Stereotypes	To show/hide class member’s stereotypes (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Constraints	To show/hide class member’s constraints (override diagram’s setting).
	Wrap Members	To perform line wrap on class member.
	Visibility Style	Display class member’s visibility using UML style, icon, or not display it on class (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Empty Compartments	To show the attribute/operation/reception compartment even it is empty (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Ellipsis for Hidden Members	Show ellipsis if the class got attributes/operations being set to hidden (override diagram’s setting).
	Show All Class Members	To show all class members for selected class (override diagram’s setting).
	Hide All Class Members	To hide all class members for selected class (override diagram’s setting).
Show Owner
	Follow Diagram	Follow to diagram’s Class Display Options.Show Owner setting.
	Do not Show	Only show the name of the class (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Fully-Qualified	Show fully-qualified parents below class name (override diagram’s setting).
	Show Name Only	Show immediate parent name below class name (override diagram’s setting).
	When Different from View	Show fully-qualified parents only when the class in diagram under different parent compare to model structure (override diagram’s setting).
Show Template Parameters		To show/hide class’s template parameters.
Display as Robustness Analysis Icon		To display the classes as Robustness Analysis icon.
Type		Show attribute datatype, operation parameter datatype and operation return type as fully-qualified, name only, or as relative path/
Configure Class Presentation Options		Configure multiple presentation options of selected class as once (override diagram’s setting).
Follow Diagram		Follow diagram’s setting to display a class.
Standard		Display class in standard UML notation (override diagram’s setting)
Stereotype Icon		Display class according to it’s stereotype’s icon.
User-Defined		Display class with predefined images or image from file system.
Primitive Shape		Display class as primitive shape such as Rectangle, Rounded Rectangle, Oval, Triangle, Octagon, Diamond, Pentagon, Trapezoid or Heaxgon.
Caption Placement
	Left	To display the caption on the left side of the class (override diagram’s setting).
	Center	To display the caption at the center of the class (override diagram’s setting).
	Right	To display the caption on the right side of the class (override diagram’s setting).
	Follow Diagram	Specify the class to follow diagram’s Caption Placement setting.
Show/Hide Stereotypes		Show/hide multiple stereotypes on the selected classes.
Show/Hide Tagged Values		Specify which tagged values of the selected class to be display on diagram. It can be follow diagrams Show/Hide Tagged Values setting, or override it by specify to display selected tagged values.