Browse diagrams

A browse diagram is a temporary, non-editable diagram that shows the results of a query on a context element that you specify.

You can use browse diagrams to navigate through an application to view the details of its artifacts. For example, you can create a browse diagram to show a dynamic view of a class and its related elements to understand how it fits into the application.

Browse diagrams provide a view of a context element that you specify and are similar in functionality to a Web browser. A browse diagram retains the history of what you view. You can navigate backward and forward to view previously viewed context elements and their relationships without creating another diagram. For example, you can browse a specific class to see its relationships to other elements. You can double-click an element in a browse diagram to make it the context element and to update the diagram to show the new context.

You cannot control the format of a browse diagram. Depending on the elements in the diagram, a browse diagram is displayed in either a radial layout that shows the context element at the center of the diagram, or as generalization tree layout that shows the general classes at the top of the diagram and the subclasses at the bottom of the diagram.

Browse diagrams do not persist, but you can refresh them to reflect any changes to their underlying elements.

You cannot edit or save browse diagrams, but you can convert them to Unified Modeling Language (UML) class diagrams, with a .dnx file name extension, that you can use to understand and develop your applications.

Related tasks
Browsing relationships in C/C++ applications
Creating browse diagrams of C/C++ elements
Exploring elements and relationships from browse diagrams
Exploring browse diagram elements

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