You can use the GUI to show projects and properties in
the Work pane, and to show messages in the Messages dialog box.
You can also display a shortcut menu when you right-click over an
object, use icons, and much more.
Displaying shortcut menus
Instead of using the main menus to execute commands, you
can right-click over objects to display the Shortcut menu.
The Shortcut menu shows the available commands
for an object in that particular pane or dialog box.
Opening a project in the Work pane
Use this feature if you know the name and version of a
project you want to view in the Work pane.
If you use the Show Project dialog box to open
a project, you do not need to query first to show the project in the Work pane.
Showing properties in the Work pane
You can view properties and associations for objects that
you select. The properties and associations display in a tab in the Work pane.
Viewing messages
Most dialog boxes contain a status line at the bottom,
which provides information about what you are viewing.
Selecting multiple files
You can select multiple files for specific actions, for
example, to check in, check out, or copy multiple files.
Viewing files, projects, and tabs
You can view project contents in the Work pane.
You can also view tasks and folders from the Tasks explorer.
View change requests from the Change Requests explorer
(if Rational Change is
installed). View processes, process rules, releases, and folder templates
from the Releases explorer.