Hello all,
finaly started looking into Visio2010 and have a question already:
How can I allways see the Connection points in Visio 2010?
At the View ribbon I checked Connection Points, but they only become visible, if I move a connector near them.
But while editing shapes, I want to see them all the time. What can I do?
Thanks,
Jumpy
It appears this might be a new 'enhancement'. They only stay on for the selected shape on my copy, and not at all if the selected shape is a 1D shape.
al
Annoying, isn't it!
Even though you have View -> Connection Points ticked they are still not visible. Bad.
Paul,
It goes beyond annoying because many of the network (rack mountable) shapes I use are 1D and now the points to attach cables has disappeared.
al
In Visio 2010, you will see connection points in the following conditions.
1. By "feel/Braille" when you mouse around a shape with the Connector tool. You don't actually see them, but the connector-cursor snaps to their locations.
2. If View > Visual Aids > Connection Points is checked, you will see them for a shape when you get near to the shape with the Connector tool.
3. If Connection Points are visible, you will see all connection points for a shape the whole time that you are busy in the shape's ShapeSheet window.
There are solutions that were designed with connection points as a visual cue to users. Now they have to guess and stumble around in the dark hoping to discover connection points.
One example is the [http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=1572.0]Comic strip frames and layout[/url] by Yacine (http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?action=profile;u=631;sa=showPosts).
Rack-mounted network diagrams are another major solution. Although rack-mounted stuff can probably be pushed towards containers and lists, but I haven't investigated the necessary rastering/snapping for that yet. Maybe Al or somebody else has?
This article might be of interest for this thread:
Connection Point Directions & Types (http://www.visguy.com/2006/10/12/connection-point-directions-types/)
The tool has code for dropping shapes on connection point locations, which might help developers, if not users.
Has this been "fixed" in later versions of Visio?
Quote from: YossiD on July 27, 2021, 02:22:09 PM
Has this been "fixed" in later versions of Visio?
No, because it is feature !
Nope
I'm curious as to the rationale behind this "feature." But then again I don't understand ribbons vs menus either.
Same logical reasoning applies in all cases.