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Reposition default text box around shape in Lucidchart

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  • January 20, 2019
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Nathan G102

In Create.ly you can select a shape e.g. a rectangle then open the settings and choose from a visual layout where the shape text should be positioned. Internally to the shape this is represented by a 3x3 grid of positions plus three positions along the outside of each edge. 

Example: https://imgur.com/KSSGYFY

This is really useful when the shape is going to be a container of other shapes e.g. a rectangle representing the boundary of a group of other shapes typically you want the associated text somewhere outside top or top left of the shape not in the middle. 


Leianne C
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  • Lucid support team
  • October 23, 2023

Hi @nathan g102 thank you for the additional example and details about how you would like to see this option. This is so valuable and we appreciate you taking the time to share this feedback!


Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • February 28, 2024
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Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • November 18, 2024
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

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Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • November 18, 2024
The following idea has been merged into this idea:

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Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • October 20, 2025
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Gordon
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  • Lucid product team
  • October 20, 2025

Hi,

 

Thanks for your feedback. My team is working on adding this feature. We hope that we will be able to deliver some values to you shortly. Stay tuned!

 

Best,

Gordon


Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • December 16, 2025

 Sharing good news on behalf of ​@Gordon, one of our engineers - this is now live! Simply drag the text box around the shape to change its position. Give it a try and let us know how it goes!

 


Micah
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  • Lucid community team
  • December 16, 2025
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  • December 28, 2025

@Micah ​@Gordon - Do we have to do something to activate this?  I’ve tried on multiple shapes and i’m still unable to get this to work.

Is it rolled out for all users yet?


Gordon
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  • Lucid product team
  • December 29, 2025

@Micah ​@Gordon - Do we have to do something to activate this?  I’ve tried on multiple shapes and i’m still unable to get this to work.

Is it rolled out for all users yet?

Could you let me know what kind of shapes you were trying to use? We added the ability to many different libraries, but there is a chance that we missed a few.