This menu is always available on the main window, regardless of the component selected from the upper pane. Depending upon
the privileges assigned to you and the activities you need to perform, some options may not be enabled.
- Open
- Opens the selected file in its associated application or starts an executable file. If you do not have a copy of the file
locally, the application prompts you to save a copy in your local working directory.
- Edit
- Edits the selected file in the default text editor used by your system or by the editor specified in the
Alternate Applications dialog box.
- Open Containing Folder
- Opens the local folder that contains the file in a file browser.
- Properties
- Opens the
<<Component Type>> Properties dialog box for the selected item.
- Copy URL to Clipboard
- Places in the clipboard a plain text version of the URL to the selected items and an HTML representation of the links to the
selected items. From the clipboard, you can paste the URL to a selected application.
- Send To
- E-mail a copy of the item properties to one or more team members.
- Save Shortcut
- Creates a shortcut to the selected item. You can use the shortcut to start the application, open the project view in the configuration
in which the shortcut was created, and open the
Properties dialog box for the selected item.
- Add Files
- Adds new files to the current project view.
- Check In
- Checks the selected files into the current project view.
- Check Out
- Copies the selected files to the appropriate working folders.
- Check Out All
- Checks out all the files in the branch of the application folder hierarchy that has the selected folder as its root folder.
- Update Status
- Updates the status of the selected files. If no files are selected, all file statuses are updated.
- Lock/Unlock
- Opens the
Set My Lock Status dialog box where you can specify the lock status (Unlocked,
Exclusive, or
Non-Exclusive) for the folder or break an existing lock on an item.
- Compare Properties
- Compares the properties of two selected items.
- Compare Properties
- Compares the properties of two selected files.
- Compare Contents
- Opens
File Compare/Merge.
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- Opens the
Attach a New Revision Label dialog box where you can create a new revision label and attach it to the selected item or item(s).
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- Opens the
Attach a Label dialog box where you can add an existing label to the selected items(s).
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- Opens the
Detach a Label dialog box where you can remove a label from the selected items(s).
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- Opens the
Export dialog box where you can export the data displayed in the upper pane for use in a spreadsheet, database, or another application.
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- Opens the
<<Item Type>> Behavior dialog box where you can view or change the behavior of the selected item.
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- Opens the
<<Item Type>> Access Rights dialog box for the selected item.
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- Opens the
<<Item Type>> Component Access Rights dialog box.
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- Opens the
Customize dialog box where you can create custom fields that become item properties.
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- Opens the
View Compare/Merge Wizard.
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- Selects all items displayed in the upper pane.
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- Opens the
Select Query dialog box where you can specify a query that selects all items displayed in the upper pane that match the specified query.
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- Opens the
Select a Label dialog box where you can specify a label that selects all items displayed in the upper pane that have the specified label.
- Expand All
- Expands all the groups in the list.
- Collapse All
- Collapses all the groups in the list.
- All Descendants
- Displays all items associated with the folder selected from the folder hierarchy and all of its child folders. When this option
is not selected, the upper pane displays only those items associated with the selected folder.
- Flag
- Flags an item. Only you can see and remove your flags. When an item is flagged,
Yes displays in the
Flag column in the upper pane.
- Remove Flag
- Removes the flag from an item.
- Delete
- Deletes the item from the
StarTeam repository.
- Find
- Finds all items containing text that matches the specified text string.
- Find Next
- Finds the next item containing text that matches the specified text string.
- Find Previous
- Finds the previous item containing text that matches the specified text string.
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- Opens the
Show Fields dialog box where you can select which column headers to display in the upper pane.
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- Opens the
Sort and Group dialog box where you can specify how to sort and group the data in the upper pane based on up to four item properties.
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- Opens the
Queries dialog box where you can create or apply a query. Items that match the query become the rows displayed in the upper pane.
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- Opens the
Save Current Settings dialog box where you can save the current column headers, query, and method of sorting and grouping as a filter, which can
be reapplied in the future.
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- Returns to the current default filter as defined on the server.
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- Opens the
Filters dialog box where you can display the filters available for this component. This option allows you to select a filter or create
a new one. An asterisk preceding a filter name in the filter list indicates that you have changed the contents of the upper
pane since the filter was applied. For example, you may have displayed additional fields, grouped the items differently, or
applied another query.
- Reports
- Opens the
Reports dialog box where you can create a report using the selected item.
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- Creates a simple chart. A simple chart contains only one series.
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- Creates a distribution chart. A distribution chart is the same as a pie chart. Each wedge indicates what fraction of the whole
a group represents.
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- Creates a correlation chart. A correlation chart shows the relationship or degree of relationship between numeric values in
several series.
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- Creates a time-series chart. A time-series chart is a line chart that shows the number of items that have the same day, week,
or month in the specified time/date field.
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- Start a link from a selected item to another item.
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- Complete the link from an item to the selected item.
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- Stop the process of creating a link.
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- Checks in any files from the current view linked to the item.
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- Checks out any files from the current view linked to the item.
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- Selects all the files associated with a linked item in the current view.
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- Opens the upper pane to the
File pane, activates the
All Descendants view, and adds all the files linked to the item to the existing file selection.