prevent connector routing when elements placed on top of them in MS Visio 2007
Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, above the shapes and connectors, but that the layers are completely separate (not affecting each other's layout).
Is that possible?
microsoft-visio connector microsoft-visio-2010
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
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Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, above the shapes and connectors, but that the layers are completely separate (not affecting each other's layout).
Is that possible?
microsoft-visio connector microsoft-visio-2010
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
add a comment |
Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, above the shapes and connectors, but that the layers are completely separate (not affecting each other's layout).
Is that possible?
microsoft-visio connector microsoft-visio-2010
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
Is there any chance to prevent MS Visio (preferably 2010) connectors from routing when a text block is placed on top of it? I want to achieve the effect as if the text block is on the upper layer, above the shapes and connectors, but that the layers are completely separate (not affecting each other's layout).
Is that possible?
microsoft-visio connector microsoft-visio-2010
microsoft-visio connector microsoft-visio-2010
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
edited Dec 10 '15 at 20:57
Hennes
58.8k792141
58.8k792141
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
asked May 5 '11 at 10:28
Kornelije Petak
70531222
70531222
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Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route".
Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to File|Options|Customize Ribbon and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs.
Now select the shape you want and in Developer|Behaviour go to the Placement tab and select 'Do not layout and route around' in the Placement behaviour drop down. That should do it.
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
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– Abacus
Apr 7 '15 at 18:25
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Layering and grouping never seemed to make a difference for me (it still rerouted the connectors anyway), but changing the routing behavior of the placed object did. For Visio 2010 and 2013, the Behavior dialog is unfortunately and unnecessarily hidden by default. You have to customize the ribbon (File > Options > Customize Ribbon or just right-click on the Ribbon > Customize Ribbon), click the check mark next to the Developer item in the right-most tree view to enable it, and click OK. Then select the shape you want to layer before and behind, click Behavior on the ribbon (Developer>Shape Design>Behavior), and on the Placement tab in the Placement behavior drop-down list choose Do not lay out and route around.
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
add a comment |
Typically what I do is add meta information like that to its own layer and then group and lock the layer. At that point Visio just thinks its drawing on a blank canvas again and won't attempt to route the connectors anymore.
Cheers! ~Chris
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
add a comment |
Recommend that the “Shape can split connectors” box is un-ticked in the Behaviours tab (of the behaviours dialogue box) so that dropping a shape on a connector does not re-route the connector and possibly shapes as well.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
add a comment |
Very helpful comment from @Gibsnag about enabling the Behavior/Placement/Placement Behavior drop-down box. To get to it, open Developer/Behavior:
Visio Ribbon Bar - Developer/Behavior
Then, if the Placement Behavior drop-down is greyed out:
enter image description here
go back to the Behavior tab and select the Box (2-dimnensional)option:
enter image description here
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
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Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route".
Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to File|Options|Customize Ribbon and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs.
Now select the shape you want and in Developer|Behaviour go to the Placement tab and select 'Do not layout and route around' in the Placement behaviour drop down. That should do it.
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
3,81823245
2
This link is dead (a nice example of why stackexchange sites discourage answers that don't actually answer the question, but just link to the answer)
– Abacus
Apr 7 '15 at 18:25
add a comment |
Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route".
Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to File|Options|Customize Ribbon and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs.
Now select the shape you want and in Developer|Behaviour go to the Placement tab and select 'Do not layout and route around' in the Placement behaviour drop down. That should do it.
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
3,81823245
2
This link is dead (a nice example of why stackexchange sites discourage answers that don't actually answer the question, but just link to the answer)
– Abacus
Apr 7 '15 at 18:25
add a comment |
Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route".
Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to File|Options|Customize Ribbon and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs.
Now select the shape you want and in Developer|Behaviour go to the Placement tab and select 'Do not layout and route around' in the Placement behaviour drop down. That should do it.
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
3,81823245
Sounds like you need to change connector re-routing. I think the option you want is "Never re-route".
Firstly (if you haven't already) you need the Developer tab. Go to File|Options|Customize Ribbon and turn on"Developer" in the list of tabs.
Now select the shape you want and in Developer|Behaviour go to the Placement tab and select 'Do not layout and route around' in the Placement behaviour drop down. That should do it.
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
3,81823245
edited Apr 7 '15 at 19:26
answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
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answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
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answered Aug 25 '11 at 20:58
Rhys Gibson
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Layering and grouping never seemed to make a difference for me (it still rerouted the connectors anyway), but changing the routing behavior of the placed object did. For Visio 2010 and 2013, the Behavior dialog is unfortunately and unnecessarily hidden by default. You have to customize the ribbon (File > Options > Customize Ribbon or just right-click on the Ribbon > Customize Ribbon), click the check mark next to the Developer item in the right-most tree view to enable it, and click OK. Then select the shape you want to layer before and behind, click Behavior on the ribbon (Developer>Shape Design>Behavior), and on the Placement tab in the Placement behavior drop-down list choose Do not lay out and route around.
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
add a comment |
Layering and grouping never seemed to make a difference for me (it still rerouted the connectors anyway), but changing the routing behavior of the placed object did. For Visio 2010 and 2013, the Behavior dialog is unfortunately and unnecessarily hidden by default. You have to customize the ribbon (File > Options > Customize Ribbon or just right-click on the Ribbon > Customize Ribbon), click the check mark next to the Developer item in the right-most tree view to enable it, and click OK. Then select the shape you want to layer before and behind, click Behavior on the ribbon (Developer>Shape Design>Behavior), and on the Placement tab in the Placement behavior drop-down list choose Do not lay out and route around.
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
add a comment |
Layering and grouping never seemed to make a difference for me (it still rerouted the connectors anyway), but changing the routing behavior of the placed object did. For Visio 2010 and 2013, the Behavior dialog is unfortunately and unnecessarily hidden by default. You have to customize the ribbon (File > Options > Customize Ribbon or just right-click on the Ribbon > Customize Ribbon), click the check mark next to the Developer item in the right-most tree view to enable it, and click OK. Then select the shape you want to layer before and behind, click Behavior on the ribbon (Developer>Shape Design>Behavior), and on the Placement tab in the Placement behavior drop-down list choose Do not lay out and route around.
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
Layering and grouping never seemed to make a difference for me (it still rerouted the connectors anyway), but changing the routing behavior of the placed object did. For Visio 2010 and 2013, the Behavior dialog is unfortunately and unnecessarily hidden by default. You have to customize the ribbon (File > Options > Customize Ribbon or just right-click on the Ribbon > Customize Ribbon), click the check mark next to the Developer item in the right-most tree view to enable it, and click OK. Then select the shape you want to layer before and behind, click Behavior on the ribbon (Developer>Shape Design>Behavior), and on the Placement tab in the Placement behavior drop-down list choose Do not lay out and route around.
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
edited Oct 1 '15 at 16:18
Joel B
76021117
76021117
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
answered May 2 '14 at 2:08
Dwayne Robinson
18113
18113
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
add a comment |
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
You even included the location of each option and where to click! I have to finish this Visio in 15 minutes so you just saved my butt! :-)
– Moby Disk
Aug 20 '15 at 16:48
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
This resolved the issue for me as well, although I had one more problem. If you are finding the Placement tab greyed out you need to set the Interaction Style on the Behaviour tab to Box (2-dimensional). This should enable the Placement tab.
– Gibsnag
Oct 17 '16 at 10:11
add a comment |
Typically what I do is add meta information like that to its own layer and then group and lock the layer. At that point Visio just thinks its drawing on a blank canvas again and won't attempt to route the connectors anymore.
Cheers! ~Chris
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
add a comment |
Typically what I do is add meta information like that to its own layer and then group and lock the layer. At that point Visio just thinks its drawing on a blank canvas again and won't attempt to route the connectors anymore.
Cheers! ~Chris
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
add a comment |
Typically what I do is add meta information like that to its own layer and then group and lock the layer. At that point Visio just thinks its drawing on a blank canvas again and won't attempt to route the connectors anymore.
Cheers! ~Chris
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
Typically what I do is add meta information like that to its own layer and then group and lock the layer. At that point Visio just thinks its drawing on a blank canvas again and won't attempt to route the connectors anymore.
Cheers! ~Chris
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
answered Sep 3 '11 at 4:28
C0D3M0NK3Y
56539
56539
add a comment |
add a comment |
Recommend that the “Shape can split connectors” box is un-ticked in the Behaviours tab (of the behaviours dialogue box) so that dropping a shape on a connector does not re-route the connector and possibly shapes as well.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
add a comment |
Recommend that the “Shape can split connectors” box is un-ticked in the Behaviours tab (of the behaviours dialogue box) so that dropping a shape on a connector does not re-route the connector and possibly shapes as well.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
add a comment |
Recommend that the “Shape can split connectors” box is un-ticked in the Behaviours tab (of the behaviours dialogue box) so that dropping a shape on a connector does not re-route the connector and possibly shapes as well.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
Recommend that the “Shape can split connectors” box is un-ticked in the Behaviours tab (of the behaviours dialogue box) so that dropping a shape on a connector does not re-route the connector and possibly shapes as well.
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
answered Apr 26 '17 at 13:50
John Maton
111
111
add a comment |
add a comment |
Very helpful comment from @Gibsnag about enabling the Behavior/Placement/Placement Behavior drop-down box. To get to it, open Developer/Behavior:
Visio Ribbon Bar - Developer/Behavior
Then, if the Placement Behavior drop-down is greyed out:
enter image description here
go back to the Behavior tab and select the Box (2-dimnensional)option:
enter image description here
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
add a comment |
Very helpful comment from @Gibsnag about enabling the Behavior/Placement/Placement Behavior drop-down box. To get to it, open Developer/Behavior:
Visio Ribbon Bar - Developer/Behavior
Then, if the Placement Behavior drop-down is greyed out:
enter image description here
go back to the Behavior tab and select the Box (2-dimnensional)option:
enter image description here
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
add a comment |
Very helpful comment from @Gibsnag about enabling the Behavior/Placement/Placement Behavior drop-down box. To get to it, open Developer/Behavior:
Visio Ribbon Bar - Developer/Behavior
Then, if the Placement Behavior drop-down is greyed out:
enter image description here
go back to the Behavior tab and select the Box (2-dimnensional)option:
enter image description here
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
Very helpful comment from @Gibsnag about enabling the Behavior/Placement/Placement Behavior drop-down box. To get to it, open Developer/Behavior:
Visio Ribbon Bar - Developer/Behavior
Then, if the Placement Behavior drop-down is greyed out:
enter image description here
go back to the Behavior tab and select the Box (2-dimnensional)option:
enter image description here
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
answered Dec 15 at 21:30
AFK
11
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