* Diagram Format Dialogue Box

[Gowermick]

When in design mode in a new diagram, it would be useful to have the option to have the Format Dialogue Box permanently visible, so that one can quickly edit the element currently highlighted.

With a potential for a multitude of text boxes in a single Diagram, it is not very user friendly having to Open the Format box for an element, make a small change then have to Close the Format box, before proceeding to next element to be edited.

The current process to edit the Relation Expression for each element in a Diagram is
1. Click on Text box to select it
2. Right Click on Box and select Format...
3. Click on Data Tab (Dialog box alway open on Text Tab)
4. Edit Relation Expression
5. Click OK
Repeat process for next Text box.

With Format permanently open with last Tab used (i.e. Data) open, the process becomes
1. Click on Text box to select it
2. Edit Relation Expression
3. Click OK

[Jane]

You could simply turn on Select by clicking icon then select all the boxes and then select format and change them all at once if you want the same scheme on all of them, with just different data references.

[Gowermick]

Jane,
I do that for global changes, but not possible for entering Relationship expressions, where each one is different.

That’s what prompted the post, having to go through 30+ boxes getting the expression right for each box - a pain in the proverbial!