Hi, I am trying to customize the label tag in Layout when I am labeling components. I’d like to create a border frame around the text and can’t figure out how to do this. Seems like it should be so simple, an option in shape style but it isn’t. Thanks in advance!

Okay thanks so much Dave :slight_smile:

You’re quite welcome. I should tell you that you could do something like I show here by combining a shape with the label. You could then copy that around the document and edit the label text. You’d probably need to modify the size of the shape, too, so it’s not ideal. [Screenshot - 10_2_2020 , 7_…

Thanks, yeah the problem this way is we want to be able to use the component attributes we set. Thank you though!

Yeah. Then that won’t work for you unfortunately. Fingers crossed for shapes for text boxes. :wink:

Hi Dave! Any ideas on why this is happening to the text box on the left? Using the same label tag but the arrow seeps into the framed box only on the left tag. thanks!! Layout question|690x470

The end of the leader is positioned relative to the end of the text, not the text box. If you set the test to right justified it will do what you want. Or you could set the end arrow size to some higher value. [Screenshot - 10_6_2020 , 7_27_33 PM]

Ha so simple, thanks so much Dave!

Back again haha Is it possible to drop labels without arrows? We want to maintain the component instance but the arrows are making it too messy. And another smaller question is how can I remove the extra white space in the text box frame? Thanks so much in advance! [Layout question]

You can edit the color of the leaders and make them transparent. As for the space in the text box, probably the best you can do is center justify the the text.

How to customize Layout label design

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DaveR October 13, 2020, 10:02pm 22

Not yet. At least not automatically.

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How to customize Layout label design

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