How do I know the name of a shape?

Alpesh M

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Jan 21, 2022, 8:04:08 AM1/21/22

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I started to use draw.io. I got a template and I found some shapes interesting but I don't know how to get the name of those shapes. I read that I should select the shape and press Ctrl + E and I did that but there was nothing like 'shape=' in that edit style window.

Can anyone help?

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Jan 22, 2022, 3:03:11 AM1/22/22

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What was in the edit style window?

Paul Robert Hayes

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Feb 16, 2022, 2:38:08 PM2/16/22

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If you're selected on the shape, start typing and it becomes the label. If you double click, it opens a small text box, that i the label. After that, you can se4lect the text and change fonts, etc on the format window at the right. Either style works for me.

Paul Robert Hayes

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Feb 16, 2022, 2:40:19 PM2/16/22

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If you open the "edit style" on the format window, from the right click or the format window, then the little popup window shows things like: shape=hexagon;....

Paul Robert Hayes

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Feb 16, 2022, 2:42:10 PM2/16/22

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More brutally, save the file as XML uncompressed, and look for the ID tag of name that matches your object, and then that XML tag should identify the shape name...

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Feb 17, 2022, 5:38:49 AM2/17/22

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Open "More shapes" bottom left and tick "Labels"

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