You can create a user interface sketch by selecting drawing
elements in the sketching palette and dragging them to the sketching
canvas. You can add reusable groups or elements, called "parts," to
the sketch. You can also add existing images and sketches to the sketch.
About this task
To watch a movie that shows you how to create a sketch,
click here.
Procedure
- Select a project and click .
- In the New User Interface Sketch window, type a name for
the sketch.
- Browse to a project and a folder for the new sketch.
- (Optional) Add a tag to the new sketch.
- (Optional) Select a template for initial content for the
new sketch.
- (Optional) Click Next and select
the attribute groups that you want to apply to the sketch.
- Click Finish. The
sketching editor opens.
- To add a drawing element to the sketch, in the palette,
select the element and click a position for the element in the sketching
canvas. You can "size and drop" by selecting an element in the palette,
and then dragging a size for it on the canvas. Some elements, such
as text areas, are enlarged to fill the size you draw; other elements,
such as labels and text fields, are copied in multiple to fill the
size.
- Right-click an element in the canvas to view a menu of
actions that you can perform on the element, such as cut, copy, delete,
edit text, or modify its properties and appearance.
- To add an image, a part, or a sketch, drag it from the
Project Explorer to the editor or add it from the palette. When you
add an image, part, or sketch from the palette, the Select window
opens. In this window, search for and select the element. This creates
an instance of the element in the sketch. You can modify parts and
sketches globally or locally in the current sketch:
- To change the original part or sketch, click the icon above
a selected element in the sketch.
The original part or sketch
opens. Any changes that you make to the part or sketch, such as the
content, format or location, are reflected in all instances of the
part or sketch in other sketches, provided that the original element
has not been overridden in another sketch.
- You can change an element in the local instance of the part
or sketch. This local instance overrides the inherited element in
this sketch; for example, if your sketch includes a part that displays
a menu, you could change the format of one command in the menu to
show that it is selected. The original part remains unchanged. If
you want to revert to the original content of the element, you can
select the element and click the Revert Changes icon
above
the element.
- Click .
You can create a user interface sketch
from within a business process sketch. Right-click a business process
element and click Elaborate With New Sketch.
The new user interface sketch is added as a link at the process element.
You
can create a user interface sketch from within a screen flow. In a
generic element, click the New Sketch icon,
or right-click the element and click .
You can add
your user interface sketch to the frame of a storyboard by dragging
the sketch element from the palette to the storyboard frame editor.
You can also add it to a screen flow by dragging it to a generic element
or anywhere in the screen flow editor.