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Label positioning [message #205755]

Wed, 17 September 2008 14:01

Armando

Messages: 12
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Hi all... i can't fix a problem with positioning a label beside the element
it "belongs" to. Here is the situation.
An element Node and a label displaying the "node name"; Node is displayed
by mean of a fixed-size ellipse figure; i'd like the label to be positioned
under the Node, centered, but i also want any connection from/to Node to be
"attached" to the ellipse figure boundary.
If i try to wrap an invisible rectangle around both the ellipse and the
label, connections would be attached to the rectangle boundary.
If i use an "external" label, that is a label figure that isn't a child of
the ellipse figure but is bound to it via mapping, the label can't be moved
freely around the ellipse but snaps to certain fixed positions; i can
accept that the label can be moved around, but in this case i'd like to be
able to move it freely.
Can anybody help me, please?

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Ba a cagai (cit.)

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Re: Label positioning [message #205771 is a reply to message #205755]

Wed, 17 September 2008 14:17

Alexander Shatalin

Messages: 2928
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Hello Mojique,

> If i try to wrap an invisible rectangle around both the ellipse and
> the label, connections would be attached to the rectangle boundary.
See IAnchorableFigure. This interface should be implemented by one of the
figures containing "invisible rectangle", so you can modify appropriate methods
to return different ConnectionAnchor implementations. For example - SlidableOvalAnchor/EllipseAnchor..

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Re: Label positioning [message #205788 is a reply to message #205771]

Wed, 17 September 2008 15:07

Armando

Messages: 12
Registered: July 2009

Junior Member

Il Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:17:48 +0000 (UTC), Alex Shatalin ha scritto:

> Hello Mojique,
>
>> If i try to wrap an invisible rectangle around both the ellipse and
>> the label, connections would be attached to the rectangle boundary.
> See IAnchorableFigure. This interface should be implemented by one of the
> figures containing "invisible rectangle", so you can modify appropriate methods
> to return different ConnectionAnchor implementations. For example - SlidableOvalAnchor/EllipseAnchor..

Thank you so much for your answer, Alex; i'll check it out!

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