Re: Text Highlight color

[Lars Clausen <lars raeder dk>]

On May 27, 2009, at 9:01 PM, Jim Clark wrote:

> I use a pale yellow text for my default text on my diamond decision  
> boxes. When I highlight that text, the yellow highlighting makes my  
> text invisible. Is there some way to change that default color?
Only by recompiling. It is currently a constant, but should probably  
be a preferences setting.
> And, while I'm writing. I cannot seem to understand how the text and  
> its containing box get grouped. Sometimes they seem grouped  
> automatically. Sometimes I have to group them, sometimes not, and I  
> sure don't know what I'm doing differently. And then, when I try to  
> ungroup, ungroup is greyed out. I click a couple of times and  
> eventually I can do so.
>
> In the old Dia, text was always grouped with its container. Can I do  
> something to get that back?
It's a question of which object you're using. For instance, the first  
four shapes of the Assorted sheet come with built-in text and resize  
to fit, whereas the standard shapes don't have text. It has never been  
the same throughout (at least not since 2000).

-Lars