Hi @hfisher, a clarifying question: would you be willing to share a before-and-after screenshot of what you’re seeing with the undesired auto-arrangement? 

Sure! This is the image as I need it:

If you delete the line between the “Program” and “Initiative” objects and re-draw it directly between the shapes, you end up with this:

I did find a workaround that if you draw a line from a shape to the canvas first THEN pick up the canvas end and drop it on a shape, it doesn’t re-order. The ask is to have an option to get that result but not need the two-step.

Hi @hfisher, thanks for this great example - I see what you mean and appreciate you taking the time to share what would be helpful to you. This will be helpful to our development team. 

I do also want to mention that it appears you’re using the “site map” shape library - due to the rigid logic associated with these, the auto-arrangement feature is built into them. However, I believe you can achieve a very similar look using the rectangles and other shapes from the “Standard” shapes library, which move freely. I hope this is a helpful alternative! 

Oh good to know - I will try that next time! Thanks Micah!