Re: Need guidance about basic shapes

[Michael Ross <michael e ross gmail com>]

I believe I have seen this question answer in the negative.  You cannot do this.  It is not a shape creation operation, but an actual writing of source code that is needed.

In fact I don't believe you can add text to any of the tools - excepting the Outline Text object which has an entry box for the text in its properties.  And regular Text.  Maybe that is a clue how this might be done.  Consider the normal tools,  the Outline tool, and shapes which have text box entry such as the Flowchart shapes.

In truth I am bull'es'ing.  Perhaps you will get a better answer from others.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Bhanu Singh <bps36 case edu> wrote:

Hi,

I am using basic (standard) shape arc in my diagram.

How can i embedded textbox within in Arc shape. Arc is basic shape in Dia so i will have to modify basic shapes in Dia to insert a textbox. 

Dia provides a option to add Text object to an ARC but this does not embedded 

Text with the Arc shape. It makes it difficult to extract text from a corresponding arc from a SVG file.

Please let me know how basic shapes can be modified in Dia

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