Hi Len I tried that already: With a selected box, I click on the 'I', move the mouse back into the shape and what I type appears nowhere; if I click once into the shape, the button with 'I' pops back up, which means that that function it's no longer active.
I really need this to work; and it worked in the first three shapes I ever created in 'dia'. Thanks Len and all others ... please share your tricks. Best, Peter On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send dia-list mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of dia-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Can't type into shapes (Len Makin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:19:18 +1000 > From: Len Makin <[email protected]> > To: discussions about usage and development of dia > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Can't type into shapes > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > Hi Peter, > I had the same interface problem but worked it out. Select a box > then click on the text cursor tool - like a capital I shape (not the > T - that gives a free-standing text object). > Cheers, > Len > On 12/07/2010, at 4:02 PM, Peter Wahl wrote: > > > Dear All, > > > > I'm sure this is the most basic question ever asked, but here is > > what happened to me: > > > > I installed dia .97 from the Ubuntu 10.04 repositories, started it > > an made a few boxes ... right after a box was drawn, I could type > > into the box. But at the forth box, I could not type into it > > anymore; I can draw connectors and draw boxes to my heart's > > delight, but I can't type into boxes (and all other shapes that > > have text in them). > > > > I de- and re-installed, no change; now I can't type into shapes at > > all. > > > > This is driving me nuts, I'm desperate, please help! > > > > Thanks, Peter > > _______________________________________________ > > dia-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > > > End of dia-list Digest, Vol 75, Issue 6 > *************************************** >
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