3.3.1. GEF toolkit figure canvas

The figure canvas component is an editor where figures, connections and anchors are displayed.

Testing GEF components involves mapping this figure canvas component and locating the figures based on their textpath.

Use the GEF Inspector View to find out the textpath of the figures in the canvas component.

The figure canvas component itself contains various items which can be addressed.

Please keep in mind that it is not possible to object map single components within the figure canvas component but to object map the figure canvas component as a whole only. In order to interact with certain components within the figure canvas component you have to use the according actions.

Available Actions



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