General Tips
General tips for draw.io
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Sun, 11 Apr, 2021 at 8:48 AM
You can embed the SVG markup of your diagram in web pages, or services such as Blogger. Your diagram is not hosted anywhere as it is fully described wit...
Wed, 5 Aug, 2020 at 1:26 PM
While the embed code for HTML, SVGs and images are similar, you will find that one is better for your situation than another. HTML SVG Image Requi...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 3:26 PM
You can encode a diagram created in diagrams.net within a URL. When someone clicks on that URL, they will see a static copy of your diagram, at the time you...
Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 at 2:58 PM
With a mouse: Drag a selection box so that it fully includes all the shapes you want to select. Hold Shift or Cmd and click on a shape to add or remove ...
Fri, 31 Jul, 2020 at 3:14 PM
Normally, when you drag a floating connector around a shape, it moves evenly, connecting to the closest or optimal location. If you want to restrict con...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 2:39 PM
When you resize a group of shapes, all of the shapes are resized proportionally, maintaining their positions in relation to each other. If you want to be ab...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 2:59 PM
You can quickly move an entire area of your diagram with a shortcut that was previously known as the scissors tool. Hold down Ctrl+Shift on Windows or Cmd...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 3:10 PM
Hold down Alt+Shift. Drag a deselection box around those shapes that you don’t want to include in your selection. Use a deselection box to remove the ch...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 5:42 PM
If you press Backspace or Delete after you have selected a shape, it will only delete that shape and not the connectors attached to it. Use a combination of...
Thu, 6 Aug, 2020 at 6:36 PM