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Edge Label Position - Default To Top Of Edge

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So I have a load of edge styles in my palette, all of which have the label on top of the edge, but when I use these in a new graph, the label always appears below the edge.

How can I get it to default to above the edge when using that edge style in a new graph?

Placement is set to Smart Free: Anywhere at the moment. I'd like to avoid the 'slider' placements if possible because I like the flexibility of moving the label anywhere along the edge.
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"Smart Free: Anywhere" places labels relative to the direction of their owner edge. So, if a label is above a left-to-right edge, the same label placement will result in a label below a right-to-left edge.

yEd currently does not offer a setting for "Smart Free: Anywhere" that ignores the edge direction.

You need to manually move the labels to the desired side of the edge.
Alternatively, you could try to work with several edge templates that differ only in the placement of their label with regards to the edge direction.
ago by [yWorks] (162k points)
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