Sazzad Hissain Khan
Sazzad Hissain Khan

Reputation: 40237

How to rename actors in draw.io

I am using draw.io online tool for drawing UML diagrams. When I am dragging an Actor from left panel to the canvas, there I found no options to rename the actor. For example I want to rename the default label 'Actor' to 'User' but no luck. How to rename an Actor?

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Upvotes: 29

Views: 25451

Answers (5)

Di Guo
Di Guo

Reputation: 1

Rotate the symbol 45 degree and it will easy to click the small text.

Upvotes: 0

Nipun Thennakoon
Nipun Thennakoon

Reputation: 3744

Edit: See Muhammad Toqeer's answer. Selecting the actor and typing is much easier than double clicking.

Double clicking on the actor seems to do the trick.

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Upvotes: 43

paisuchen
paisuchen

Reputation: 21

Simple, just double click on actor then you can change the text.

example double click

Upvotes: -2

Muhammad Toqeer
Muhammad Toqeer

Reputation: 101

Very Simple.

  1. Add Actor from shapes
  2. Select Actor and start typing it will change the name of actor

Upvotes: 10

Fakhriddin Umarov
Fakhriddin Umarov

Reputation: 111

It is difficult to double click on a small actor, so, enlarge it by using Ctrl+Scroll. Then double click to actor text.

Upvotes: 3

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