If I have a line or arrow connecting two objects, how do I get a piece of descriptive text attached to that line? If I move the line, the text should follow.
Add text to a line in OmniGraffle
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Related Solutions
To not change the color, font size and other styling attributes : You must use classes in Text Suite or in Extended Text Suite.
Like this :
tell application "OmniGraffle Professional 4" set someGraph to solid 1 of canvas 1 of document 1 --set word 1 of text of someGraph to "Hello" --set characters 1 thru 4 of text of someGraph to "Hello" --set attribute run 1 of text of someGraph to "Hello" set paragraph 1 of text of someGraph to "Hello World" end tell
- Select the line (or lines) in your OmniGraffle document
- Open the Style Inspector (Inspectors Menu ▸ Styles, or ⌘-1)
Select the second style inspector ("Lines and Shapes")
Use the popup menus to choose an arrow style
Best Answer
Option + Double-click
Hold Option/ALT while double-clicking on the line to add a label to it.
If this maneuver instead creates a point to adjust the line from, double-click without Option/ALT. You can swap between Option/ALT-double-click (a) creating a point and (b) creating a label via a setting in
Preferences → Drawing Tools → Line Editing.Also, the documentation mentions clicking on the line while using the Text tool.