These lines are hard to work with. They do weird loops when you just want a STRAIGHT LINE. Please fix this. Thank you.
How to get a straight line in Lucidchart
Hi Damian
Thanks for posting in the Lucid Community! You can change your line settings in both Lucidchart and Lucidspark to have your desired formatting.
Lucidchart:
Lucidspark:
For more information on the functionality of the lines feature please review this Help Center article for Lucidchart and this Help Center article for Lucidspark. Let us know if you have any additional questions!
Additionally, here’s a useful feature for getting lines to make the most efficient connections between shapes: smart lines!
Lines have anchor points where they attach to each shape. With smart lines, the anchor point will adjust as you move the shape.
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/lucid-us/attachment/6592966f-95f7-4c34-a65f-68fd71954248.gif)
To create a smart line, rather than dragging and dropping a line directly to the edge of the next shape, pull the line just past the edge until the shape gets the blue “halo” effect. Release your mouse, and you’ve got yourself a smart line that will make smart connections!
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/lucid-us/attachment/8b648b81-06f3-445f-a34b-ce954a21b243.gif)
You can also adjust lines by modifying the line path by clicking on the line path and moving the line accordingly, your adjustments will be remembered.
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/lucid-us/attachment/bf684c60-e393-41fe-a694-dc606785b1da.gif)
You can always right click on any line and select “reset line” to clear up any past adjustments
![](https://uploads-us-west-2.insided.com/lucid-us/attachment/59456da2-b3fc-43f7-8bb4-95b98b1fbd02.gif)
For more information about smart lines, please review this help center article.
Try out smart lines to make it easier to manage your lines!
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