Text
The text node is now the Sticky note, the yellow note at the right end of the node toolbar. It is handy to provide context for complex systems on your diagram and does not accept formulas. Its sole purpose is to help you organize your work and help others to understand the diagram. It is up to you to provide the appropriate information and for others to use their passive reading ability.
Pick the Sticky note in the toolbar, click the canvas to place it and type into it; it starts with the hint “Your text here…”.
Since it is a non-functional node, adding sticky notes to your diagram does not increase the component usage for your plan. Feel free to document your designs with unlimited notes.
Textbox Properties
Select a sticky note and its Properties panel has four groups: Color, Text, Insert and Position. The text options are available while you are typing and whenever the note is selected.
Box Style options
The Color group sets how the note looks as a whole:
- Auto-color (palette) – a checkbox, on by default, that takes the note’s colors from the diagram’s palette. Switch it off to choose colors yourself.
- Background color – the color of the note’s background.
- Text color – the color of the text.
Text Options
The Text group sets how the text looks, and the Insert group adds a link or a horizontal rule:
- Font – the typeface: Inter by default, or System, Serif or Code.
- Size – the text size in points (16 by default), with − and + buttons, next to the line spacing.
- Bold, Italic, Underline and Strikethrough, and a highlight color.
- Alignment and lists – left, center or right, with buttons beside them for lists and to indent and outdent the text.
- Clear formatting – removes the formatting from the selected text.
The Position group has Bring to front and Send to back, for when notes overlap other nodes.