Whiteboard elements - change the default settings

[pmason]

I know how to change the whiteboard element to show the name on the diagram but is kind of pain everything opening the dialog box.
Want to change the default value nameVisable to true instead of false.

[qwerty]

Just a shot in the dark: you might modify the MDG to use a different default for the tagged value (since I assume that nameVisible is a tag).

q.

[skiwi]

I'd support this,
and also setting a default setting whiteboard fill to true.

[dhaynes]

Adding my voice to the fray.

I don't know if I'm just missing something obvious or not but it really seems like there should be some simple/easy way to choose default property values for *all* elements or all diagrams.

For example I always want the diagram details to be shown and I always want nameVisible=true on whiteboard objects.

Isn't there some simple way to set the defaults?

[irie]

Whiteboard "nameVisible default = true'  I've been going bonkers trying to work out how to do this & set it at some level higher than at each individual shape...absolutely bonkers. .  I'm glad I'm not the only one. Is there some quicker way to add text, I use whiteboard when discussing with stakeholders & adding a Text element everytime is nuts. (Especially when you try to move things around. ) Please help.

[enricoJL]

Look for the line below in this XML file C:\Program Files (x86)\Sparx Systems\EA\MDGTechnologies\Whiteboard.xml

<Tag name="nameVisible" type="boolean" description="" unit="" values="true,false" default="false"/>

You have to change default="false" for default="true" on all shape that you want to change.