Create relation: Puts the designer in relation creating mode.
Choose field to display: To specify which field represents a table.
Reload: Fetches again the information about tables.
Help: Brings an explanation about selecting the relations.
Angular links/Direct links: Specifies the shape of relation links.
Snap to grid: Influences the behavior of table movements, relative to an
imaginary grid.
Small/Big All: Hides or displays the list of columns for every table.
Toggle small/big: Reverses the display mode of columns for every table,
because this mode can be chosen table-by-table with its corner icon V/>.
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Import/Export: For PDF generation.
Move Menu: The top menu can move to the right and back again.
A side menu appears when clicking the Show/Hide left menu icon. Its goals are to
present the complete list of tables, to decide which table appears on the workspace,
and to enable access to the Structure page for a specific table. Here we choose to
remove the book-copy table from the workspace:
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If we want this removal to be permanent, we click on the Save position top icon.
This icon also saves the current position of our tables on the workspace.
Tables can be moved on the workspace by dragging their title bar, and the list of
columns for a table can be made visible/invisible with the upper-left icon of each
table.
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