Re: Adding comments to an object

[Hans Breuer <hans breuer org>]

At 22.04.2014 04:01, Ken Springer wrote:
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> > So you could use the "UML - Class" object in Dia as your box with just a
> > simple string (the class name). Switch off "Attributes visible" and
> > "Operations visible", to get rid of the two additional areas.
>
> And this is all more than I understand.   LOL
http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/special-objects-chapter.html#N4091C

> > Your extra window for more information would be just the properties dialog
> > having a lot of fields you could now fill with additional, invisible
> > information. You can keep it open while navigating your diagram, but
> > updating to the selection requires a double click.
>
> Are you saying each rectangular object would have it's own properties box?
> If so, it might work.  A problem I'm anticipating is one object might need
> 50 characters of text, yet another may need 250 characters of text.
There is only one property dialog open at the same time. It just can adapt 
to the selected object. The link above shows it's UML - Class incarnation.

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