Re: Can't set some properties in network shapes

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 10:52 -0400, cnelson nycap rr com wrote:
> I'm using Dia 0.95-pre7 on 'Windows XP to create network diagrams to
> include in a PowerPoint presentation.  It's great!  I'm deeply indebted
> to the Dia developers and appreciate all they do.  But I have a small
> problem.  For a series of slides I'm working on now, I want to have the
> same diagram but deemphasize parts of it from slide to slide.  I thought
> I'd start with a base drawing then change the color or transparency of
> different objects but when I open the property sheet for the Network
> Hub, there's a Fill Color that I can set but it seems to have no effect,
> the hub remains gray.  The same is true of the general computer.  Am I
> missing something or is the property broken?

Are you opening the property sheet by double-clicking the icon in the
toolbox or double-clicking the element in the diagram?  If the former,
those settings are only for objects created after the change.

-Lars