To: "discussions about usage and development of dia" <dia-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: draw text with arrows
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 11:13:10 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks. I guess basically I have to draw the text and arrow separately.
This is less convenient than Visio, especially if I reshape the line.
- haihui
Andrew Ross
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 17:19, haihui_dia dslextreme com wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to draw a flowchart using Dia. In Visio, when I draw an arrow
>> I
>> can put text on top of the arrow. Can I also do the same with Dia?
>> Thanks!
>
> Draw your arrow (really just a line with the endpoint set to arrowhead)
> and then use the text tool to create the wording. Select both the arrow
> and the text, then press "CTRL-G" to group them.
>
> If someone knows a better way, I'm sure they'll correct me :-)
>
> Cheers
>
> Andrew
>
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