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Wanted: diagram reuse ideas
« on: July 25, 2023, 06:30:33 am »
I have a diagram for which there are different views (copies) produced by the use of an autofill legend. Separate tagged values (type=enum) for each view highlight the entities on the diagram.
Rather than duplicate (shallow copy) the same diagram multiple times, each with a different autofill legend, and incur the overhead of updating multiple copies whenever there is a change, is there a method of having a "clone" of the diagram (e.g. like a diagram frame) where the legend can be applied to the clone or diagram frame?
Or is there another way perhaps of achieving this?



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Re: Wanted: diagram reuse ideas
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2023, 05:16:59 pm »
When a legend is used on a diagram, you can switch the auto-color function on or off by changing the setting of the legend.
So a workaround that worked for me is to have all legends on the same (single) diagram and switch them on or off according to the analysis you want.

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Re: Wanted: diagram reuse ideas
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2023, 09:53:18 am »
When a legend is used on a diagram, you can switch the auto-color function on or off by changing the setting of the legend.
So a workaround that worked for me is to have all legends on the same (single) diagram and switch them on or off according to the analysis you want.
Thanks, yes, I did think of that, and if the legend itself offered a toggle I'd go for it, but its not user friendly to have to open the properties to switch autofill on and off..
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Re: Wanted: diagram reuse ideas
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2023, 04:23:12 pm »
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if the legend itself offered a toggle I'd go for it, but its not user friendly to have to open the properties to switch autofill on and off..
Just a thought: Would it be possible to put a button on the page to switch the legend on or off, triggering a script when the button is pushed?