Finding a Class

To find a class in the Class Relationship pane:

  1. Type all or part of the name of the class in the Class Lookup Bar at the bottom of the Class Relationship pane.
  2. Press Enter/Return or click the Find button.
    If there is one match the class will be highlighted. Otherwise, you will get a dialog box of all the matches, and you will be able to select one.

 Comparison is case-insensitive and position-independent. For example, in the Newspaper project, ad would find Advertisement, Personals_Ad, and Standard_Ad.

If a found class is not currently visible in the Class Relationship pane, Protégé-2000 automatically scrolls to the correct location and expands the hierarchy to make the class visible.

If you are unable to find the class you are looking for, the class may be hidden. To verify that hidden classes are displayed, choose Configure from the Project menu, go to the Display tab, and make sure the Display Hidden Classes option is checked. When Display Hidden Classes is checked, hidden classes are shown with an icon.


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