7.3 Type Browser
7.3.1 Buttons and pull-down lists
The Type Browser
has two buttons and
two pull-down menus:
Help opens the online manual showing instructions
about the use of the Type Browser.
Load More Repository attempts to load more design
information from the repository.
The Default pull-down list allows you to select the
project in which new graphs will be stored.
The
Show pull-down list allows you to select types
(graphs, objects, relationships, roles, properties) to be shown in the middle
list of the browser.
7.3.2 Projects pop-up menu

Open... allows
you to select projects to be viewed and managed in browsers and in other tools
of the MetaEdit+ client.
Close... closes the selected project and its models
from the MetaEdit+ client.
New... creates a new project in which new models
can be added.
7.3.3 Types pop-up menu

Create Graph...
makes a new graph of the selected type, but does not open
a representation for it. (Only available if graph types are being
shown.)
Edit Type opens the
metamodelling editor on the type specification. In non-Method Workbench versions
of MetaEdit+ you can only view the specifications and modify the symbols and
dialogs.
Type Info opens an Info tool for the selected type,
showing which types use it, and which types it uses.
Remove Type... marks the
type as deleted: it can still be retrieved with
Salvage
Types....
Salvage Types... asks which
of the removed types should be returned to use.
Hide/Show Hierarchy lets you
hide or show the inheritance structure of
types.
7.3.4 Instances pop-up menu
The instance list has three pop-up menus depending on what
kind of type is selected.

If the type is a
Graph type the pop-up menu looks like this:
Open starts an editor on the graph according to the
available representation. If multiple representations exist the tool lets you
choose among them.
Open as Diagram... opens the graph in a Diagram
Editor.
Open as Matrix... opens the graph in a Matrix
Editor.
Open as Table... opens the graph in a Table
Editor.
Graph Browser opens the Graph Browser for the
selected graph.
Reports is a submenu that lets you:

 | Run...
available
reports |
 | Create
new report definitions or modify existing ones in a Report
Browser. |
Properties... opens a dialog
for editing the properties of the graph.
Info opens an Info Tool for viewing reuse,
linkages, and locking of the elements.
Delete Graph allows you to remove the selected
graph.
Delete Representation... opens a dialog that lets
you remove one or more representations of the selected graph.
The second kind of pop-up menu is available to types other
than graph and property (i.e. to object, relationship and role). This menu only
has two selections:

Properties...
opens a property dialog for the selected element letting you view and edit
information about the element.
Info opens an Info Tool for viewing reuse of the
element among different graphs and their representations.
If the list is showing Property types, the menu only
contains Info.