Raiser, lower ?

Question

First of able, good year to the Yed Team.

 

My question : can I raise or low the labels as layers ?

 

Daniel

Answer 1

Thank you very much Daniel.

If you are asking whether or not it is possible to change the z-order (i.e. rendering order) of labels similar to the "Raise Selection"/"Lower Selection" actions available for nodes, then the answer is "This is currently not possible but will be supported in the next (soon-to-be-released) version of yEd."

Answer 2

Thank you about the next release :)

Answer 3

Supported as of yEd 3.9.

Comments

This confuses me, because I cannot find this feature and I'm using yEd 3.11 now.
Did you drop it after 3.9 maybe?
That'd be a pity because it'd be a great addition. It is such an universal feature in graphics and diagramming software - Oracle Forms had it back in 1998 even - that it's strange to find it missing from this otherwise excellent editor.

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This feature is still in yEd. To change the rendering order of labels, select the label in question, right-click the label to open its context menu, and choose "Raise Selection"/"Lower Selection" as desired.

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I can't find the two Raise/Lower options either. Using yEd 3.12.2
http://tinypic.com/r/1zdok5l/8

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"Raise Selection" and "Lower Selection" is available for node labels but not edge labels.

Note, raising/lowering labels only changes the relative rendering order of the labels at a shared owner element. I.e. you cannot "lower" a node label below its owner node or below a label belonging to another node or edge.