How to 'pin' Shapes on a Diagram

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Is there any way to 'pin' shapes on a diagram - analogous to pinning connector ends.

We are developing automation to manage diagram rendering, based on stereotypes.

We have certain types of notes which are auto generated and we want to be able to pin them into specific locations on the diagram.

Even if we make them unselectable, Layout Diagram will move them!    

And... because they are unselectable, moving them back is twice the pain!

So, is there any way to tell EA not to move the jolly things...

TIA,
Paolo

[«Midnight»]

When working through the "human" UI you can lay out only those diagram objects that are selected.

Although you can select a set of diagram objects through automation, AFAIK the layout API calls will always lay out the entire diagram.

I am not absolutely sure of this, so you might want to check.

If the above assertion is correct, this would (IMO) be a good enhancement to the API call. What say?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

When working through the "human" UI you can lay out only those diagram objects that are selected.

Although you can select a set of diagram objects through automation, AFAIK the layout API calls will always lay out the entire diagram.

I am not absolutely sure of this, so you might want to check.

If the above assertion is correct, this would (IMO) be a good enhancement to the API call. What say?

I feel a bit like Galileo ---  After being told to recant because through the human UI only the selected objects are layed out...  Athough the Note is NOT selectable...

"And yet it still moves..."

It may well be that the reason the API call doesn't work is that the human UI doesn't work either...

By the way, I selected the items both ways - [Ctrl+A] and individually (using [Ctrl+Click]) and the objects all moved (even the unselected ones) both times...


Paolo

[«Midnight»]

I feel a bit like Galileo

At least you haven't been excommunicated for your views. Things seem to have improved over the last few centuries...

[Eve]

Just to confirm, Layout Diagram (both UI and API call) does layout all elements on a diagram.  However, the context menu when multiple objects are selected allows only the selected objects to be laid out.  This will not take into account (or move) any other objects on the diagram.

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Just to confirm, Layout Diagram (both UI and API call) does layout all elements on a diagram.  However, the context menu when multiple objects are selected allows only the selected objects to be laid out.  This will not take into account (or move) any other objects on the diagram.

Can we therefore have Layout Selected Elements on the main Diagram menu also then?

Is there a Layout Selected Elements in the API?  If not there needs to be...

Paolo

[«Midnight»]

Agreed, in both cases.