The drop-down menu on the Dependency graph provides a number of options on how the graph behaves:

• Show overview for large graphs
  • Causes the Overview to automatically appear if the graph is bigger than the viewing area. The Overview shows what part of the graph you are currently viewing and lets you pan by dragging the blue rectangle.
• Show stats
  • Shows the graph statistics on the bottom left of the graph: number of Items, Dependencies and Tangles, e.g. I22 D33 T2
  • Unaffected by Auto-partitioning, but the tooltip on mouse-over indicates the stats for the partitioned graph.
• Show edge counts
  • Causes the total number of code-level references to be displayed next to each edge on the graph.
• Show impact thermometer (composition perspective only)
  • Causes the Impact Thermometer to be displayed on the top right of every graph.
• Highlight references on selection
  • Causes all connected items and dependencies to be highlighted when you select (by clicking) items or dependencies.
• Highlight references on mouse-over
  • Same as previous, but you don't need to select items or dependencies for the connected elements to be highlighted.
• Highlight feedback edges
  • On tangled graphs, this causes the Minimum Feedback Set (mfs) of dependencies to be highlighted (in red). This is the minimum set of dependencies that you would need to remove in order to render the graph acyclic (tangle-free).
• Export...
  • Allows you to export the graph as an image (diagram or matrix) or as XML (graph) or CSV (matrix).

Note:

• Sometimes you may see the message "This graph is too big to display". Although not generally recommended, you can edit the thresholds to force display. See User preferences for details.