diagrams.net Frequently Asked Questions
Confluence Cloud
- Scramble all text in your diagram with the anonymize plugin
- Open the app management pages in Confluence and Jira Cloud
- Find the draw.io app version and SEN in Confluence Cloud
- Set custom colours in Confluence Cloud
- Use custom fonts in draw.io for Confluence Cloud
- Use custom libraries in Confluence Cloud
- Load plugins by default in draw.io for Confluence Cloud
- Set custom default styles for shapes and connectors
- Set up custom template diagrams in Confluence Cloud
- Customise the draw.io interface
- Data storage and flow of user data in draw.io for Confluence and Jira Cloud
- Diagram not Found dialog
- Get a community draw.io license for Confluence or Jira Cloud
- Embed, copy and move draw.io diagrams in Confluence Cloud
- Embed a diagram from Google Drive into Confluence Cloud
- Embed a diagram from OneDrive into Confluence Cloud
- Step through your diagram using the explore plugin
- Get a free draw.io for Confluence Cloud license
- Generate a quote for draw.io for Confluence Cloud (annual billing)
- License draw.io for Confluence and Jira Cloud correctly
- Mass import Gliffy diagrams to draw.io in Confluence Cloud
- Migrate from Confluence Cloud with draw.io to Confluence Server
- See the number of draw.io diagrams in a Confluence instance
- Number the shapes in your diagram
- Solve PDF export problems under Confluence Cloud
- See shape metadata with the properties plugin
- Recover a diagram that was moved to another page in Confluence Cloud
- Resize the draw.io viewer in Confluence Cloud
- Display or hide diagram elements using the tags plugin
- Extract all of the text in your diagram
- What happens to diagrams when the draw.io app license for Confluence or Jira Cloud becomes invalid
Confluence Server
- Manually add a draw.io license to Confluence Server
- Add a plugin to draw.io for Confluence Server
- Scramble all text in your diagram with the anonymize plugin
- Change how diagram links open on Confluence Server
- Configure the diagrams.net and draw.io editor
- Configure server settings in draw.io for Confluence Server
- Use a self-hosted JavaScript viewer in Confluence Server to export to HTML
- Create a draw.io support zip in Confluence Server
- Get a quote for draw.io for Confluence Server
- Set up custom template diagrams in Confluence Server
- Get a community draw.io license for Confluence or Jira Server
- Enable additional debugging on draw.io for Confluence Server
- Step through your diagram using the explore plugin
- Use external image generation in draw.io for Confluence Server and Data Center
- Fix SVG images when using a proxy with Confluence Server
- Insert large images into diagrams on Confluence Server
- Install a specific version of draw.io in Confluence Server
- Get license information for draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- License draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- Solve an Invalid License error in draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- Migrate from Lucidchart OnPrem to draw.io
- Mass import Gliffy diagrams to draw.io in Confluence Server
- Migrate from Confluence Cloud with draw.io to Confluence Server
- Get a new draw.io evaluation license for Confluence Server
- See the number of draw.io diagrams in a Confluence instance
- Number the shapes in your diagram
- Open .vsd, .vdx and .vss files in draw.io for Confluence Server
- See shape metadata with the properties plugin
- Rename a draw.io diagram file in Confluence Server
- Use the Simple Viewer
- Display or hide diagram elements using the tags plugin
- Extract all of the text in your diagram
- What happens to draw.io diagrams in Confluence Server when draw.io is not licensed
Jira Cloud
- Open the app management pages in Confluence and Jira Cloud
- Find the draw.io app version and SEN in Jira Cloud
- Data storage and flow of user data in draw.io for Confluence and Jira Cloud
- Get a community draw.io license for Confluence or Jira Cloud
- Embed a diagram from Google Drive into Jira Cloud
- Embed a diagram from OneDrive into Jira Cloud
- Check access rights for draw.io in Jira Cloud
- License draw.io for Confluence and Jira Cloud correctly
- What happens to diagrams when the draw.io app license for Confluence or Jira Cloud becomes invalid
Jira Server
- Convert a Gliffy diagram stored in Jira Server to draw.io
- Get a community draw.io license for Confluence or Jira Server
- Fix Jira Server shortcuts in draw.io diagrams
- Get license information for draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- License draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- Solve an Invalid License error in draw.io for Confluence or Jira Server
- Save diagrams as separate PNG files in Jira Server
Desktop
Trust
Features
- Add and remove waypoints on connectors
- Autosize shapes to fit their text labels exacly
- Change the background colour in diagrams.net
- Delete an existing background image
- Enable or disable the collapse/expand feature on container shapes
- Work with custom links
- Embed HTML options
- Generate code to embed a diagram in a webpage
- Embed your diagram as an SVG in a web page
- Find shapes in your diagram based on their metadata or labels
- Close the footer at app.diagrams.net
- Work with revisions of diagrams stored in Google Drive
- Get help with diagrams.net
- Insert a template into an existing diagram
- Add line breaks in labels
- Lock or unlock elements in a diagram
- Use mathematical typesetting in diagrams
- Move an area of your diagram
- Create a new diagram using diagrams.net
- Run diagrams.net offline
- Position labels inside and outside shapes
- Print a diagram
- Publicly publish a diagram as a link
- Replace existing shapes
- Reset or override connection points on a shape
- Select multiple shapes
- Delete a shape with all of its connectors
- Deselect shapes and child shapes
- Overlap shapes and containers
- Spell check an entire diagram
- Use the SQL plugin to create an entity relationship diagram
- Select a storage location for your diagram files
- Copy and paste the styles of shapes and connectors
- Format text using superscript and subscript
- Synchronize and merge external changes to your diagram
- Change the shape of a participant on a UML lifeline
- Change the writing direction
Customisation
- Configure the diagrams.net and draw.io editor
- Configure server settings in draw.io for Confluence Server
- Set custom colours in Confluence Cloud
- Use custom fonts in draw.io for Confluence Cloud
- Use custom libraries in Confluence Cloud
- Load plugins by default in draw.io for Confluence Cloud
- Set custom default styles for shapes and connectors
- Set up custom template diagrams in Confluence Cloud
- Set up custom template diagrams in Confluence Server
- Customise the draw.io interface
- Embed HTML options
- Embed mode
- Supported location hash properties
- Supported URL parameters
Shapes
- Add rows to ERD tables, lists and UML classes
- Autosize shapes to fit their text labels exacly
- Enable or disable the collapse/expand feature on container shapes
- Create custom shapes in diagrams.net using the text editor
- Find shapes in your diagram based on their metadata or labels
- Add line breaks in labels
- Position labels inside and outside shapes
- Replace existing shapes
- Reset or override connection points on a shape
- Disable group resize
- Select multiple shapes
- Create and edit complex custom shapes
- Find which layer a shape is on
- Delete a shape with all of its connectors
- Deselect shapes and child shapes
- Overlap shapes and containers
- Snap to point shape property
- Copy and paste the styles of shapes and connectors
- Edit colours in embedded SVG images
- Insert SVG images into a diagram
- Change the shape of a participant on a UML lifeline
Connectors
- Add and remove waypoints on connectors
- Create a connector with bidirectional arrows
- Create a connector with no arrows
- Add line breaks in labels
- Position labels inside and outside shapes
- Reset or override connection points on a shape
- Delete a shape with all of its connectors
- Snap to point shape property
- Copy and paste the styles of shapes and connectors
Text
Plugins
- Add a plugin to draw.io for Confluence Server
- Permanently load a plugin using diagrams.net
- Scramble all text in your diagram with the anonymize plugin
- Load plugins by default in draw.io for Confluence Cloud
- Uninstall a plugin from diagrams.net
- Step through your diagram using the explore plugin
- Number the shapes in your diagram
- List of diagrams.net plugins
- See shape metadata with the properties plugin
- Use the SQL plugin to create an entity relationship diagram
- Display or hide diagram elements using the tags plugin
- Extract all of the text in your diagram
- Use the voice plugin
Integrations
- Open and edit diagrams stored in Dropbox
- Use diagram version control in Dropbox
- Use Dropbox to store diagrams
- Embed a diagram on Google Sites
- Compare embed and export formats
- Embed HTML options
- Generate code to embed a diagram in a webpage
- Embed mode
- Embed your diagram as an SVG in a web page
- Enable third-party cookies in your browser
- Use diagrams in Google Docs
- Fix connection issues with Google Drive
- Use diagrams.net with Google Drive
- Import a diagram into Google Drive
- Publicly publish a diagram stored in Google Drive
- Work with revisions of diagrams stored in Google Drive
- Revoke access to Google Drive
- Install diagrams.net for G Suite domain-wide
- Troubleshoot authorisation problems with Google G Suite
- Permissions required to diagram in G Suite apps
- Use diagrams in Microsoft Word, Excel or Powerpoint
- Install diagrams.net on a mobile device
- Permissions required to store diagrams in OneDrive
- Revoke access to OneDrive
- diagrams.net source code is on Github
- Share a diagram file using Dropbox
- Collaborate on and share diagrams online
- Select a storage location for your diagram files
- Web browsers supported by diagrams.net online
- Supported location hash properties
- Supported URL parameters
- Synchronize and merge external changes to your diagram
Export
- Compare embed and export formats
- Export a diagram as a higher resolution PNG image
- Crop the PDF export to the diagram size
- Print a diagram to a PDF file
- Solve PDF export problems under Confluence Cloud
- Print a diagram
- Publicly publish a diagram as a link
- Why text in exported SVG images may not display correctly
Import
- Convert a Gliffy diagram stored in Jira Server to draw.io
- Import a diagram into Google Drive
- Import from Libre Office Draw is not supported
- Import Lucidchart diagrams into diagrams.net
- Migrate from Lucidchart OnPrem to draw.io
- Mass import Gliffy diagrams to draw.io in Confluence Cloud
- Mass import Gliffy diagrams to draw.io in Confluence Server
- Open .vsd, .vdx and .vss files in draw.io for Confluence Server
- No .vsd file import in the Desktop app
- Diagram differences after .vsd import
- Use diagrams in Google Docs
- Fix connection issues with Google Drive
- Use diagrams.net with Google Drive
- Import a diagram into Google Drive
- Publicly publish a diagram stored in Google Drive
- Work with revisions of diagrams stored in Google Drive
- Revoke access to Google Drive
- Install diagrams.net for G Suite domain-wide
- Troubleshoot authorisation problems with Google G Suite
- Diagrams.net for G Suite deletion policy
- Permissions required to diagram in G Suite apps