Stop rectangle shapes from automatically resizing

Hi Benton thanks for posting in the Lucidchart Community! To lock down a shape's position size and/or style select the shape and click the lock icon. When locking down the size and position of the shape it won't resize when adding text.

For more information on this and other shape styling topics please take a look at the Modify Format and Style Shapes article in our Help Center. 

@eric r Can you help me resolve a similar issue. I need the boxes to stop resizing everytime I edit text. I do not want to lock the position as I am still in the middle of creating my document. I only want to lock the size to the box stays with a length of 4 and a height of 2 regardless of the text that I enter into it. I am literally wasting hours undoing the auto-resize of by boxes everytime I create one. Here is more detail ono my workflow:

1. Format a shape exactly how I want it
2. Copy the shape
3. Paste the shape
4. Edit the text in the shape
5. Clean up the positioning of all shapes and make the document presentable

#4 is where I am constantly getting stuck fixing the auto-resize lucid is doing. Open to your feedback. I am hoping there is a way to disable auto-resizing across the board as I do not want this enabled.

Thanks

Hi Lee thanks for following up on this thread! Using the 'Match Size' feature could help with this (GIF example below). It will not prevent the box from resizing (unfortunately there is currently no way to only lock the shape size) but it will help you quickly modify the incorrectly sized shapes. 

Still no solution?

Hi @Jason Bourne, thanks for following up on this thread! Shapes will automatically resize to fit all text that is added to the shape. But you can still use the “Match Size” feature above to adjust the size of the shape behind the text, or click + drag the corners to customize the size. You can also select “Auto” as your text size, as some standard shapes will not adjust with this option selected.

We’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. If you’re willing to share, we’d love to hear more details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience within this thread. I’ve also converted this post to an idea so that it’s visible to others within the Product Feedback section of the community - from here, they can upvote it and add details of their own.

Finally, for more information on how Lucid manages feedback via this community, take a look at this post:

I just tried this. It appears text will auto resize but the shape also changes size. I’m looking for fixed sized shapes. I assumed auto text sizing would prevent the shape from changing size, but that apparently is not the case.

@Jason Bourne, would you mind sending a screenshot of the shape you are using? When using the shapes in Flowchart and Shapes libraries with Auto as my font size, the shape does not resize as I text. I’m happy to take a look at your specific use case to see if I can help.

Thanks for sending that screenshot, @Jason Bourne! Can you please send a temporary Support PIN for this document? This will allow me to take a closer look at the issue you’re experiencing. For more information on generating a Support PIN, check out this Help Center article.

@Jason Bourne, after taking a look at your document and doing some additional testing on my end, it looks like the UML shapes that you are using do not behave the same way as some of our other shapes when you have “Auto” selected as the text size. To keep the size of your shape while using the “Auto” text feature, I would recommend using a shape from our “Shapes” or “Flowchart,” as the text will adjust within the shape, without altering the shape size.

If you’re willing to share, we’d love to hear more details about your use case or what you’d like to see with UML shapes within this thread. We appreciate your feedback!