Pop-up menu

This topic describes the pop-up menu.

The pop-up menu opens when you right-click any portion of the flow editor canvas. The contents of the menu vary according to where the right-click occurs (over a blank area, over a node, or over a particular type of node).

The following sections describe the menu operations:

Undo and Redo

The following table shows the Undo and Redo operations:
Operation: Description:
Undo Undoes the most recent operation.
Note: To restore the contents of the flow to the state they were in when you last saved the flow, use Revert (see Revert and Save).
Redo Redoes the most recent undone operation.

Flow operations

The following table shows the flow operations. These operations are also available on the Flow menu (see Flow menu):
Operation: Description:
Create Connection See Creating connections between nodes.
Add Subflow See Creating an Invoke flow node directly from an existing flow.
Add Operation See Creating an Invoke node directly from an existing operation.
Select Interface Operation
Note: The corresponding entry on the Flow menu is Select Operation.
 See Associating an operation with the flow.
Select Subflow See Associating a flow with a plain Invoke node.
Select Operation See Associating an operation with a plain Invoke node.
Rename See Renaming a node.
Edit Terminals See Using output terminals with an Invoke screen operation node.
Properties See Changing the properties of a node.

View operations

The following table shows the view operations. These operations are also available on the View menu (see View menu):
Operation: Description:
Zoom In Zoom options
Zoom Out Zoom options
Manhattan Layout Manhattan Layout
Show Grid Grid options
Snap to Grid Grid options
Layout Layout options
Rotate Rotate options

Operations on a node

The following table shows operations on a node:
Operation: Description:
Delete See Deleting a node or a group of nodes.
Select Mapping Routine See Selecting a mapping routine for an Invoke or Assign node.
Open Mapping Routine See Creating a mapping routine for an Assign node or an Invoke node.
Open Subflow See Editing an invoked flow.

Operations on a Switch node

The following table shows operations on a Switch node:
Operation: Description:
ESQL > Add ESQL Message > Expression See Using ESQL expressions with While nodes and Switch nodes.
ESQL > Open ESQL > Expression See Using ESQL expressions with While nodes and Switch nodes.

Operations on a While node

The following table shows operations on a While node:
Operation: Description:
Display Flow Opens the flow associated with the While node (see Editing the flow invoked by a While node).
ESQL > Add ESQL Message See Using ESQL expressions with While nodes and Switch nodes.
ESQL > Open ESQL See Using ESQL expressions with While nodes and Switch nodes.

Revert and Save

The following table shows the Revert and Save operations:
Operation: Description:
Revert Restores the contents of the flow to the state they were in when you last saved the flow.
Save Saves the current contents of the flow.