Genogram Line-grag handles don't work

Started by saratogacoach, January 20, 2021, 08:53:19 PM

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saratogacoach

The attached VSDX file has a genogram line which doesn't work: when the grab handle is used, only one of the 2 elements stretch. The zigzag element doesn't stretch, along with the other line, as it should.

I must be doing something wrong, but when I check in the shapesheet and in various settings, I can't find the error preventing stretching of all elements.

I would much appreciate if someone can take a look at the attached file, let me know what I need to fix.

Thank you for your help.
saratogacoach

vojo

only the line you select stretches.

if you have a blank space , it might be a visio bug where the engine interrupts a blank as end of the pattern

saratogacoach

vojo,

Where would I search for a blank space? shapesheet? Somewhere else?
saratogacoach

Paul Herber

Your shape is a group, but the sub-shapes within the group have absolute values in the Geometry section instead of references to the group shape.
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saratogacoach

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Thank you, Paul.

Quoteinstead of references to the group shape

Is there a way to refer to the parent group shape to get this working better? When I set the resize mode of the child shape to 2, for example, still doesn't get the zigzag element  to resize along with the parent group (grab handles). Is there a way to not hard-code the child width and height, let it depend on the parent's width and height?

An example would be helpful of the form/syntax that such a reference would need to look like.

saratogacoach