Editing an Annotation¶
Open the lab that you want to edit in the Workbench by clicking on its tile on the Dashboard page.
Procedure
With the select tool active in the Workbench, click the annotation that you want to edit.
The canvas highlights the annotation as the currently selected element and shows the resize handles for the annotation. The Workbench’s side panel shows the annotation’s properties.
(Optional) Reposition the annotation by clicking and dragging it to a new location in the canvas.
(Optional) Resize the annotation by clicking and dragging the resize handles. Release the mouse button when the annotation is the desired size.
(Optional) Change the annotation’s properties in the side panel.
The side panel for an annotation shows several properties for each annotation type. Set these properties to customize the appearance of your annotation.
Property |
Description |
|---|---|
Background Color |
Set the fill color and opacity of an annotation. |
Border Color |
Set the line color and opacity of an annotation’s border. |
Border Line Style |
Set the line style of an annotation’s border. Options include solid, dashed, and dotted. |
Line Thickness |
Set the thickness of an annotation’s border. |
Line Start (Line Only) |
Set the end cap used as the start of a line. Options include none and arrow. |
Line End (Line Only) |
Set the end cap used as the end of a line. Options include none and arrow. |
Corner Radius (Rectangle Only) |
Set a corner radius to create rectangles with rounded corners. |
Font Properties (Text Only) |
Set standard font properties, like the font family and font size. You can also toggle bold and italics font styles for a text annotation. All of the text in a text annotation uses the same properties. |
Rotation (Text Only) |
Rotate a text annotation to display the text diagonally. The rotation value is the number of degrees clockwise to rotate the text annotation around its top-left corner. |
Layer |
Set the z-index of an annotation. The layer z-index value controls the way overlapping annotations are displayed. Annotations with a smaller z-index value are “behind” annotations with a larger z-index value. Annotations are always behind the nodes in the lab topology. |