Changing the Display of Diagrams

Display diagrams in verbose or iconic mode. Lay out the elements in the diagram left to right or top down.

Prerequisites

Open the diagram in the Visual editor.

Task

To toggle a shape between iconic and verbose mode:
- In verbose mode, click the "minus" sign in the upper-left corner to collapse it.
- In iconic mode, click the "plus" sign to expand it.
To show all shapes as iconic or verbose, in the Visual editor toolbar click All Verbose , or All Iconic .
To change the orientation, in the Visual editor toolbar click Layout left to right or Layout top down .

Note: For more display options, right-click an object or the diagram surface and choose from the context menu.