providing "modification date" attribute for each node element

Question 1

Hi,

I was wondering if it was possible to update a "modification date" attribute whenever a node element or its children gets modified by actions performed within the editor (new element, change text of label, change color of background, ...).

I don't know if this attribute already exists and might be activated via settings?

If not, I would like to be able to use it e.g. when trying to find updated differences by checking the "modification date" of identified nodes.

Thanks.

Question 2

There is no modification date attribute in yEd.

The only workaround I can think of is adding a custom property for this purpose (see "Edit" -> "Manage Custom Properties") and manually update the corresponding property value whenever you change something about a node.

Question 3

Hi, thanks for your answer. It's a pitty that there is no automatic update of a modification attribute for the elements, yet. Would such a feature not be valuable enough to be integrated into the editor in the future? I could imagine that there wouldn't even be conflicts with other features, as it is just an attribute written additionally into the GRAPHML file?

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