Stop rectangle shapes from automatically resizing

I took that shape from one of your templates, so I’m surprised it won’t work like every other shape. We needed a rectangle with a title.

Hi @Jason Bourne, the UML shapes are created by Lucid, but have been designed for UML diagrams specifically, so the properties in the code are different from other shape libraries. However, I have raised this issue with our development team, and will keep you updated on this thread as I learn more.

There is a very similar shape in the Value Stream: Information shape library that does appear to retain the size as the text is resized, I would recommend using that shape in the meantime.

I’d like to add another voice in support of the others.  I need the boxes and other shapes in my flowcharts to have the option to not resize either the dimensions of the shape OR the text within.  I want uniformity in the look and feel of my flows while maintaining conformance to a given page size (and the desired font size of my choosing).  If my content doesn’t match my preset constraints, I will edit the text so it fits or edit the box sizes--but I prefer not to wrangle with the shapes and instead use the fixed size parameters as a tool to force editorial brevity.  Using the “match size” still requires additional steps and takes away some of the visual control over object sizing from the creator.  It’s a standard feature in Visio and PowerPoint to not auto resize both the text and the shape, and I hope you can add it to LucidChart as well.  Thanks!

Hi @Vishal, thanks for adding your thoughts here! This is helpful for our product teams as they review feedback from users. Make sure you also upvote this idea at the top of the thread!

I am having the same issue and it is SO frustrating.  Having recently and reluctantly moved over from Visio, this auto sizing nonsense is surprising.  Surely there is a way to choose to switch off shape auto sizing in 2024?

Another vote for this functionality please.  It is super frustrating and time consuming having to constantly adjust box size especially when you have end to end maps with hundreds of boxes / shapes.  Different sizes boxes look unprofessional, the time wasted in trying to maintain uniformity is irritating.  This should not be a massive ask for your Dev team.

Hi @Caroline W102, thanks for adding to this thread! In my recent testing, it looks like with the Auto font size selected, the shape will not resize but text will adjust to fit within the shape. Is there a specific shape you are using where this is not the case? Please note, tables do not currently support the Auto size feature and will be resized as text is added.

One additional thing I realized that is not mentioned in the initial posts, if you select a specific size for your font, the text should continue to extend beyond the shape. This may not have been the case at the time of the first post, but should now be the experience for all users with most shapes. (see GIF below)

+1 for I want neither the shape nor the text to resize.

We have a set of custom shapes that are designed to work/fit together while snapping to a 0.125” grid (because 0.0625” rounds to 0.063” and no longer aligns with page rulers). When the shape auto-expands in height, it no longer aligns with its neighbors (because only edges, not centers, will snap to the grid).

It’s fine if the standard-sized text overflows a bit. We can manually adjust the width to accomodate if needed.

EDIT TO ADD: I may have found my workaround. Instead of using a native Lucid shape, if I import a Visio shape, it will not resize and allows text to overflow!!

Hi @k8siegel,

Thanks for following up in this thread! That’s great to hear that you found a workaround. Although we don’t have a specific update regarding this feature at this time, we’re very interested in your feedback and committed to continually improving our products. 

We encourage anyone else who’s interested in this to upvote this post and share any additional details about your use case or what you’d like to see in this experience. For more information about how we manage feedback in this community, please take a look at this post.