The Properties List

The Properties List shows the properties for the currently selected element in the Element Tree. It is split into three columns, showing the property name and the left- and right-hand property values. Properties which have changed between the two lifecycles are highlighted in bold. Properties which have been excluded from the comparison are shown in grey (note that a number of properties are excluded by default, as they are always different between any two lifecycles, for example the object ids). Where a property appears on one side and not the other, it is decorated with an arrow similar to those in the Element Tree.

Value Properties

The majority of properties are simple values - either names or numbers. A small number of these value properties are enumerations, and where possible the values are displayed as an interpretted value (for example, the default path option for a check-in or check-out process is shown as "Preserve and Create" rather than as a number, which is how it is stored in the database).

List Properties

Some properties are actually lists of values. These are mainly access-control lists, but there are also lists of recipients for notify processes and lists of approvers for approve processes. Lists are not compares as flat text - instead the individual entries in the list are compared. The list-view highlights individual entries that are different in red and entries that have been excluded in grey.