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February 9, 2026
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How to edit text in basic shapes in Lucidchart?

  • February 9, 2026
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This has been bugging me lately :

how do you edit text (for example, correct a spelling mistake) in a Lucidchart diagram using the keyboard or mouse?

I have tried to double click but there is no feedback that the edit mode is enabled ?

It overwrites if i start typing on the basic shape.

Best answer by ssravjee

Good news! I got to the bottom of this issue.

Turns out if you increase the Mouse ->Double-Click Speed (mine was somehow set to fast), causes this problem to manifest!

I turned down Double-Click Speed to Slow!

That is all there is to this problem.

Hope this helps someone like me!

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ssravjeeAuthorAnswer
February 9, 2026

Good news! I got to the bottom of this issue.

Turns out if you increase the Mouse ->Double-Click Speed (mine was somehow set to fast), causes this problem to manifest!

I turned down Double-Click Speed to Slow!

That is all there is to this problem.

Hope this helps someone like me!

Lucid & airfocus support team
February 9, 2026

Hi ​@ssravjee

Thanks for posting in the Lucid Community! I’m glad to hear you were able to find a solution to the issue you were experiencing. Thanks for sharing the solution in this thread to help others that may be experiencing the same thing. Please don’t hesitate to follow up in this thread if there is anything I can assist with. Have a great rest of your day! 

September 9, 2026

So, the solution is not to work fast. As easy as I am typing in this box at this moment with the ability to edit the text quickly isn’t an option. Why can’t the IT team resolve this problem for such an essential and routine feature of any application? I;d like to apologize for the pragmatic comments but the reality is the application is horrible without the ability to quickly edit text. 

alison cheney
Lucid community team
September 15, 2026

Hi ​@Zimmy,

Thanks for your feedback here. You raised a similar concern in the Timeline Assignee Name Change | Community thread about slow/inflexible text editing — since that's the same underlying issue, could you add any extra detail (like a screen recording) over in that thread? That'll help us track and prioritize it in one place. Thanks for your patience!