Navigating in the UP application

In UP, it's easy to get lost in the various windows and views. So here are a few tricks on how best to navigate.

Breadcrumb navigation

Using the breadcrumb navigation, you can see the nesting of the current object at first glance:

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By clicking on one of the nesting levels, you can display the corresponding enveloping resource without leaving the actual resource focus:

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Help, take me back to where I came from!

It can happen that you click on a resource without the intention of leaving the current focus.

ALT+LEFT brings you back step by step.

Open Diagrams

UP has various types of diagrams to better illustrate the application. There are several ways to open these diagrams.

Open Controller Tree Diagram

Method 1 (via context menu):

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Method 2 (via diagram resource):

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Open State Machine Diagram

Method 1 (via context menu):

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Method 2 (via diagram resource):

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Method 3 (double-click on the controller instance in the controller tree):

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Perspectives

Reset Perspective

UPstudio has a standardised view setting (Perspective) for all windows. If a view is accidentally closed or moved, it can be reset to the original setting by right-click on the UP icon in the top right:

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Save Perspective

You can also save your own settings via the above menu.

Project Explorer

When creating a new workspace, the standard view of the project packages is flat. To obtain a hierarchical view, this can be changed in the Project Explorer settings:

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