Format diagrams

To add clarity and to customize a diagram, you can re-align and resize elements and change their color, size, label, border and background style.

Align and distribute elements

Use the alignment menu in the toolbar to align or distribute selected elements.

Select the elements to align or distribute and choose from the following options:

Alignment Left

Aligns elements along their left edges, with the element positioned farthest to the left as the reference element

Alignment Center

Aligns elements vertically through their centers, using the mean value of all centers

Alignment Right

Aligns elements along their right edges, with the element positioned farthest to the right as the reference element

Alignment Top

Aligns elements along their top edges, with the highest element as the reference element

Alignment Middle

Aligns elements horizontally through their middles, using the mean value of all middles

Alignment Bottom

Aligns elements along their bottom edges, with the lowest element as the reference element

Distribute elements horizontally

You need to select at least 3 elements for this function.

Distributes elements evenly on a horizontal axis, the outer 2 elements keep their position

Distribute elements vertically

You need to select at least 3 elements for this function.

Distributes elements evenly on a vertical axis, the outer 2 elements keep their position

Same Size

Resizes the elements to the size of the largest element in the selection

Format elements and labels

You can change the attribute values of an element in the attribute panel to change its appearance:

  • Change the label either by clicking the element or the attribute name.

  • Change the element color by clicking in the toolbar.

  • Change the border color by clicking in the toolbar.

  • Change the color gradient of an element's background to a flat design. To do this, enable Flat design under More Attributes in the attribute panel.

You can change the labels with the following tools in the toolbar:

  • Change the font size

  • Make the font bold

  • Make the font italics

  • Change the font color

Copy and apply formatting

  1. Select the element that has the format you want to copy.

  2. Click in the toolbar.

  3. Select the element you want to apply the formatting to. The copied formatting is applied.

To apply the default format to an element, select the element and click .

Select all elements of the same type

Select all elements of the same type to change them at once.

  • To select all elements of one type, select one element and press Ctrl + I. All elements of the same type are selected.

  • To select all elements of multiple types, select elements from each type and press Ctrl + I. All elements of the chosen types are selected.