Finding/Selecting, based on node size, custom attributes, or other

Question

I've been looking for ways of selecting nodes by size or by custom attributes (i.e. Level, Category, etc).

 

The Find and Select Elements tools have no apparent mode of selecting by custom attributes. This means I'm more or less compelled to structure node maps by colour, then use the fill color selector. That raises its own issues, as the Colorize tool seems to generate random colours for a given node, rather than assign based on an attribute.

I had thought I might be able to map a custom property, but those aren't selectors either.

So, how might I find/select based on attributes like node size?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, selecting nodes based on size or custom properties is currently not possible.

Answer 2

Selecting nodes based on custom properties is supported in "Edit" -> "Find" and "Tools" -> "Select Elements" as of yEd 3.17.

Comments

Even limited to the "Find" function this ability to match custom properties is very useful, but if the same custom properties matching feature could be extended to the "Select Elements" function then it would be possible to make global changes very easily.

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Custom properties matching is supported by "Select Elements". That is why it says '.. in "Find" and "Select Elements" ...' above.