On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 02:25:50AM +0300, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Chris Green!
> 
> > How easy is it to add this ability to an object?  It would be really
> > handy to be able to label the network objects for example.  I know I
> > can create a tecxt object and group it with the Network object but it
> > would be much easier and quicker just to be able to enter text without
> > having to create another object and group it.
> 
> I've had same idea as you, but then I worked quite a bit with network diagrams
> and found out that labels are often unnecessary and annoying.
> I now create labels on a separate layer, as well as all links go to a separate
> layer too.
> So that base layer only have the objects themselves and their grouping frames.
> 
Doesn't that mean that when you move an object the text doesn't go
with it though?

-- 
Chris Green
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