The menu bar has the following entries: File, Edit, View, Layout, Tools, Grouping, Windows, Help.
Opens an editor to begin a new document from scratch.
Opens an existing document from disk. A new editor is used for the document.
It is possible to open several documents at once by means of a multi selection
in the file chooser dialog.
See 'File Formats' for descriptions of supported
file formats.
Opens an existing document from a remote address.
A new editor is used for the document.
See 'File Formats' for descriptions of supported
file formats.
Contains a list of documents that recently have been loaded or saved.
Saves the document from the current editor using the associated name.
See 'File Formats' for descriptions of supported
file formats.
Saves the document from the current editor.
This lets you specify the file name and file format to be used.
See 'File Formats' for descriptions of supported
file formats.
Exports the document from the current editor to a file.
This lets you specify the file name and file format to be used.
yEd supports different export file formats.
Note that graphs cannot be loaded from exported files.
In order to save a graph in a format that can be read, please use 'Save As...'
instead.
Closes the current editor.
Opens a dialog which enables the user to print either the whole graph or the visible contents of the current view only. The size of the output can be controlled by either specifying a scaling factor to be applied before printing the graph or by specifying on how many page rows and columns the output should fit. When choosing the latter option the scaling factor will be adjusted automatically so that the graph nicely fits on the poster.
Opens up a print preview dialog window which enables the user to preview the print results. Within the preview panel it is also possible to change all relevant print settings and immediately see their effects.
Opens a dialog which lets you specify the behavior and display of the editor. See The Preferences Dialog for more details.
Choose from one of the available languages.
Saves the current editor settings and quits yEd. Upon a restart the saved settings will be initially applied to the application. Note that the settings will be stored within a sub-directory in the user's home directory.
Undoes the last modification to the document.
Redoes the last undo step.
Copies the current node selection and all induced edges to the clipboard and removes it from the document.
Copies the current node selection and all induced edges to the clipboard.
Copies the whole document or in the presence of a node-only selection an axis parallel rectangle containing the selected nodes to the system clipboard.
Pastes the contents of the clipboard.
If exactly one open group node is selected in the current editor, this action lets you paste the contents of the clipboard into that selected node.
If one or more nodes are selected, this action duplicates the selected nodes.
If one or more nodes are selected, this action adds a new node to the diagram that is connected to all selected nodes.
Removes the current selection from the document.
If one or more nodes are selected, this action converts them to labels.
If one or more labels are selected, this action converts them to nodes.
The actions in this submenu let you align the selected nodes. They are also available using the keyboard shortcuts displayed in the menu.
Selects all nodes contained in the document.
Clears the current selection.
Moves the current selection to the front.
Moves the current selection to the back.
Opens a dialog which lets you find elements in the graph structure. See The Find Dialog for more details.
Highlights the next element that matches the criteria which were specified during the last call to Find.
Highlights the previous element that matches the criteria which were specified during the last call to Find.
Opens a dialog that allows to manage the palette and its sections.
Opens a dialog that allows to edit custom properties.
Opens a dialog that allows to map custom properties to visual properties.
Opens an editor to edit the label text.
Displays the properties of the selected graph element(s).
Zooms into the current view one step.
Zooms out of the current view one step.
Resets the zoom level to 100%.
Zooms into the part of a graph that is specified by dragging a rectangle on the view.
Enables a magnifying glass which can be used to zoom into the part of the graph that is around the mouse cursor.
Zooms and moves the viewport, so that the whole graph gets visible.
Displays the currently selected elements in the center of the view without changing the zoom level.
Opens the URL associated with a selected graph element.
This submenu can be used to switch to different modes. See The different view modes for a more detailed description of the different modes.
Toggles the Snap Lines feature. Snap Lines help you to create a graph with an appealing layout interactively.
Enables/disables the grid in the view.
Toggles the Orthogonal Edges feature. The Orthogonal Edges feature lets you easily create and update orthogonal edges interactively.
Switches to full-screen mode which allows convenient navigation in the current document. (You can leave this mode again by pressing ESC.)
The layout menu provides access to the powerful layout algorithms that are part of the yFiles API. Layout Algorithms contains a more detailed description of the different options.
The tools menu provides access to a wealth of useful tools that can be used to gain information about, the currently edited document, modify the document visually and structurally and to create all new documents from scratch. Tools offers a more detailed description of the available tools.
This menu provides access to the node hierarchy features that are available in yEd. These are described in more detail in Grouped and Nested Graph Hierarchy.
This menu is only available in the version of yEd that supports dockable windows. Dockable windows and their benefits are explained in the section "Dockable Windows".
Displays the 'Overview' tool window.
Displays the 'Structure' tool window.
Displays the tool window that presents the properties of selected nodes or edges.
Displays the 'Palette' tool window.
Resets the arrangement of all default tool windows to their factory positions.
Holds the list of currently open editors.
Opens the yEd help window.
Opens a tutorial that explains the yEd graph editor's essential usage concepts and possibilities.
Opens a collection of tips and small tutorials for yEd in the web browser.
Makes available a set of example graphs.
Displays the Welcome screen that is presented at application startup.
Opens a dialog for sending a message to yWorks. You can use this tool to send bug reports and feature requests to the yEd team at yWorks.
Checks whether a newer version of yEd is available at the yWorks web site.
Displays version and legal information.