Stateflow User's Guide

Stateflow Diagram Editor Window

You use the Stateflow diagram editor to draw, zoom, modify, print, and save a state diagram displayed in the window. It has the following appearance:

The Stateflow diagram editor window includes the following elements:

• Title bar

• The full chart name appears here in model name/chart name* format. The * character appears on the end of the chart name for a newly created chart or for an existing chart that has been edited but not saved yet.

• Menu bar

• Most editor commands are available from the menu bar.

• Toolbar

• Contains buttons for cut, copy, paste, and other commonly used editor commands. You can identify each tool of the toolbar by placing the mouse cursor over it until an identifying tool tip appears.

  The toolbar also contains buttons for navigating a chart's subchart hierarchy (see Navigating Subcharts).

• Object palette

• Displays a set of tools for drawing states, transitions, and other state chart objects.

• Drawing area

• Displays an editable copy of a state diagram.

• Zoom control

• See Viewing Stateflow Objects in the Model Explorer for information on using the zoom control.

• Shortcut menus

• These menus pop up from the drawing area when you right-click an object. They display commands that apply only to that object. If you right-click an empty area of the diagram editor, the shortcut menu applies to the chart object. See Displaying the Context Menu for Objects for more information.

• Status bar

• Displays tool tips and status information.

Using the Stateflow Editor

Displaying the Context Menu for Objects

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