General Tips
General tips for draw.io
diagrams.net does not support any of the LibreOffice Draw file formats at this time (.odg, .otg, and .fodg).
Mon, 17 Aug, 2020 at 3:06 PM
When you collaborate on a diagram, synchronize the changes made by others to merge them into the diagram you are currently editing. The manual Synchronize f...
Mon, 17 Aug, 2020 at 2:52 PM
There are two types of shapes in diagrams.net where you can add new rows. ERD tables use the new extended table tools in the Arrange tab of the format pan...
Mon, 17 Aug, 2020 at 2:55 PM
You can create your own custom stencils (shapes) in draw.io by describing their geometry, connection points and styles of the components in your stencil in ...
Wed, 19 Aug, 2020 at 3:00 AM
You can add line breaks to shape and connector labels. Press Shift+Enter as you type the label text to add a line break. Open this example in d...
Fri, 21 Aug, 2020 at 10:43 PM
Moved to https://www.diagrams.net/doc/faq/svg-edit-colours
Tue, 29 Jun, 2021 at 10:59 PM
Locking elements in your diagram mean they can not be edited, connected to, or moved around the drawing canvas. Select the shape or shapes you wish to ...
Wed, 19 Aug, 2020 at 1:19 AM
Custom links can be used where hyperlinks and links to pages are allowed, namely on shapes and (parts of) text labels. Note: This feature is not availab...
Tue, 12 Jan, 2021 at 5:38 PM
This plugin should be used as-is, as an unsupported example for developers. Insert SQL code using the SQL plugin to automatically generate entity shapes...
Mon, 14 Sep, 2020 at 1:02 PM
You can find shapes and connectors by searching for their metadata (shape properties) or labels. Click Edit > Find. Enter the shape property you want ...
Wed, 19 Aug, 2020 at 4:12 AM