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Multiple, independing Object Selection and Editing

Currently, only one or a coherent set of Object(s) can be selected and edited at the same time. For user-experience and optimizing the effort of editing Objects, a Multi-selection-and-Editing feature shall provide the users the ability to select m...

Different Fonts, Font-Sizes and Styles for Attribute-Values in the Module-Window Shall be Possible

Currently, the row in a Module can be colored by an Attributes-color definition the columns text- and background-color can be configured by the columns-properties To get a much more better user-experience and a more-clearer user-interface, the col...

Multi-Window-Option

DOORS Classic Client can only open one window at a time. As users often need to compare values and data between different sections of a Module or Object-Properties, the DOORS Client shall be able to open additional windows of the same view/Module/...

Accept "\n" for newline in "Edit > Find" dialogue.

Searching for newlines requires a different notation in different parts of the product. For example Filters accept the "\n" notation for newline. "Edit > Find" does not. Find will however work with "\u000A" - the hexadecimal code for Line Feed ...

Cursor positioning at the end when accessing large text attributes

When accessing an exisiting text attribute in a DOORS column the cursor goes to the front of the text by default. When the text is large the column is usually narrow and long. Normally the user wants to add something at the end of the text but the...

The DOORS “Message of the Day” must provide clickable URLs!

Because it is not possible to provide URLs for information to users within the DOORS “Message of the Day” dialog which can be clicked by the users, the entered Urls shall be coded like in Markdown. Example: “[link name](https://www.siemens.com)”

Modernise the built-in (object) Richtext Editor by moving away from the Windows OS component RichEdit Control

The RichEdit control shipped with Windows is increasingly falling out of date and style, and already differs significantly from the one used/shipped with Microsoft Office (WMF vs EMF data format). Lack of updates and patching on the OS end especia...

Implement identical richtext capabilities between DOORS 9 client and DOORS Web Access, for example RTF colors

Currently RTF in DWA is more limited compared to the DOORS 9 client. For example, text colors that show in the client are not displayed on the web. Similar feature scope for Richtext between the two methods of displaying module data, is desirable.

Allow to copy projects, folders and modules while data is locked for editing therein

In a busy database accessed by users across multiple time zones, the limitation of exclusivity between copying projects, folders and modules, and locking data in modules for editing is a serious constraint. Breaking up this exclusivity will greatl...

Allow archiving of projects and modules while users have edit locks on data

Currently both tasks - archiving and editing, require exclusive access to all modules in a project (project archives), all data in a module (module archiving) (exclusive edit) or some data in a module (shared edit). This excludes the ability to cr...