Modifying Appearance of Pool and Swim Lanes

You can modify the appearance of the Pool and the swim lanes in the following ways:

• Edit labels
• Edit colors

Edit Labels
You can edit labels of Pool and Swim Lanes.

Edit Label of Pool

Steps to edit label of Pool

1. Right-click the Pool and select Edit Label option (see Figure 32).

   

   Figure 32: Selecting Edit Label Option for Pool

2. The Edit Label screen is displayed (see Figure 33).

   

   Figure 33: Edit Label

Enter the new label that you want for the Pool and click OK. This renames the Pool.

Edit Label of Swim Lane

Steps to edit label of a Swim Lane

1. Right-click the Swim Lane that you want to rename and select Edit Label option (see Figure 34).

   
   Figure 34: Select Edit Label for Swim Lane

2. The Edit Label screen is displayed (see Figure 35).

   
   Figure 35: Edit Label

Enter the new label that you want for the swim lane and click OK. This renames the selected swim lane. Similarly, you can rename all swim lanes.

Edit Label of Control Flows
You can reposition the label of a control flow from its default position to the required position. In addition, you can edit the font color of the control flow label.
Steps to edit the label of a control flow

1. Right-click the control flow and select Edit Label option (see Figure 36).

   

   Figure 36: Edit Control Flow Label

   The Edit Label window is displayed (see Figure 37).

   

   Figure 37: Edit Label

2. Click OK. The Label is displayed at the default position (see Figure 38).

   

   Figure 38: Default position of a Control Flow Label

3. Use the desired arrow key to move the activity element in the preferred direction (see Figure 39).

   

   Figure 39: Repositioning Control Flow Label

4. Right-click the Label and select Change Text Color (see Figure 40).

    

   

   Figure 40: Change Text Color 

    

    

   The Select Color screen is displayed (Figure 41).

   
   Figure 41: Select Color

    

   
   

5. Select the required color for the Label and click OK. This changes the Label font color to the new color (see Figure 42).

Figure 42: Edited Text Color

Edit Colors
You can edit the color of activity elements. In addition, you can edit the background colors of Pool and Swim Lanes.
Edit Color of Activity Elements
Steps to edit color of Activity Elements

1. Right-click the desired activity element and select Change Color option (see Figure 43).

   

   Figure 43: Change Activity Color

2. The Select Color screen is displayed (see Figure 44).

   

   Figure 44: Select Color

3. Select the required color for the activity element and click OK. This changes the activity element color to the new color (see Figure 45).

   

   Figure 45: New Color for the Activity Element 

Edit Background Color of Pool

Steps to edit background color of Pool

1. Right-click the Pool and select Change Background Color option (see Figure 46).

   
   Figure 46: Change Background Color

2. The Select Color screen is displayed (see Figure 47).

   
   Figure 47: Select Color

3. Select the color for the Pool and click OK. This changes the Pool color to the new color (see Figure 48).

Figure 48: New Color for Pool