Stateflow User's Guide

Changing Transition Properties

Use the Transition dialog box to view and change the properties for a transition. To access the Transitions dialog for a particular transition, do the following:

1. Right-click on the transition.

• A shortcut pop-up menu appears.

2. Choose Properties from the shortcut menu.

1. Stateflow displays the Transition dialog for the transitions as shown.

   

   The following table lists and describes the properties displayed for a transition in its Transition dialog:
   
   

   Field	Description
   Source	Source of the transition; read-only; click the hypertext link to bring the transition source to the foreground.
   Destination	Destination of the transition; read-only; click the hypertext link to bring the transition destination to the foreground.
   Parent	Parent of this state; read-only; click the hypertext link to bring the parent to the foreground.
   Debugger breakpoints	Select the check boxes to set debugging breakpoints either when the transition is tested for validity or when it is valid.
   Label	The transition's label. See Transition Label Notation for more information on valid label formats.
   Description	Textual description/comment.
   Document Link	Enter a Web URL address or a general MATLAB command. Examples are www.mathworks.com, mailto:email_address, and edit/spec/data/speed.txt.

3. After making changes, select one of the following:
• Apply to save the changes and keep the Transition dialog open.
• Revert to return to the previous settings for the dialog
• Close to save the changes and close the dialog box
• Help to display Stateflow online help in an HTML browser window.

Creating Default Transitions

Creating Flowcharts with Connective Junctions

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