## Relationship Connection Appearance Properties

Selecting an ArchiMate relationship in a View means that you can edit or view additional visual properties in the Properties Window. Different visual settings can be applied to a relationship for each separate occurrence in a View. For example, the relationship "Used By" may be coloured black in one View, and blue in another View.

The Appearance Tab

Editing the "Appearance" Properties for a Relationship in a View

This tab is only available when a relationship is selected in a View.

Show Label: | If selected will show the label if the connection's text is set.
Text Position: | Specifies the position of the text that will appear next to the line on the View. Options are "Source", "Middle" and "Target".
Line Colour: | Sets the colour of the connection line. Click on the main part of the button to set the colour. The "Default" drop-down option sets the line colour to the default setting.
Line Width: | Sets the width of the connection line. Options are "Normal", "Medium" and "Heavy".
Text Alignment: | Align text in the selected element to Left, Centred or Right.
Font: | Sets the font used for the text in the selected connection. Click on the main part of the button to set the font. The "Default" drop-down option sets the font to the default setting as set in Preferences.
Font Colour: | Sets the colour of the font used for the text in the selected connection. Click on the main part of the button to set the colour. The "Default" drop-down option sets the fill colour to the default setting.

The Label Tab

Adding a Label Expression to display in the View

This tab is only available when a relationship is selected in a View.

By default, a relationship's name will be displayed in any View in which it appears. Using a label expression per View instance, you can choose what is displayed for the relationship in the View. For example you may wish to display the relationship's name and its type. Or you may wish to display the value of one or more of its properties.

For a full list of expression types please refer to the Archi Wiki.