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The Inheritance tab represents classifiers (e.g., packages, data types, and stereotypes) hierarchy within your project. Inheritance according to the UML Specification is shown using the generalization relationship.

To open a new Inheritance tree

1. Open the Containment, Structure, or Inheritance tab.
2. In the open tab toolbar, click Image Addedand then select Open in New Inheritance Tree.
   
   

The Inheritance tab consists of the following two components:

• Inheritance tab toolbar
• Inheritance tree

Inheritance tab toolbar

The Inheritance tab toolbar contains the following buttons

Button	Tooltip text	Description
Image Added	Collapse All	Collapses all currently expanded elements in the Containment tree.
Image Added	Collapse Selected Recursively	Collapses only selected node and all subnodes in that node.
Image Added	Open in New Tree	Opens the contents of the selected element in a new tab of the Model Browser. The selected element becomes the root node of the new tree. You can choose to open elements in: New Containment Tree New Structure Tree New Inheritance Tree Image Added
Image Added	Favorites	Opens the Favorites menu for choosing to do one of the following: Add a selected element to favorites Open the dialog for managing favorites  Navigate to a desired favorite in the Containment tree
Image Added	Quick Find	Opens the Quick Find dialog.
Image Added	Options	Click to open the Options menu and then select: Invert Tree - inverts the tree hierarchy - shows the child element at the top of the hierarchy. Show Applied Stereotypes - shows or hides the applied stereotypes next to the element name in the Containment tree.

Working with model elements in the Inheritance tree

You can work with elements in the Inheritance tree using the commands available from the selected element's shortcut menu. The shortcut menu contains the following commands: