Hi Joey 

Thanks for posting in the Lucidchart Community! Unfortunately what you are trying to do is not currently supported in Lucidchart. If you would like to keep your shape small but needs to include more information than it conforms as a workaround I would recommend adding a note to the shape and then including the portion of the text that doesn't fit in the shape to that note.



 

To add a note to a shape right click on the shape and select “Add Note” from the dropdown. For more information please review our Attach Images and Notes article from the Lucidchart Help Center. 

While Lucidchart doesn't support what you have in mind we're always looking for ways to improve Lucidchart and your feedback is the best way for us to do that. Would you mind adding your idea to our Product Feedback space? Ideas submitted to this form are passed on to the product development team for their consideration.

Hope this helps and thanks for your request!

Would this be fixed anytime?

Hey Jesper, Lucidchart still does not auto-truncate text in the ways described in the original post. In the meantime, I recommend the “auto” font size in the font menu for ensuring that your text will neatly fit your shape.

“Auto” size will automatically resize your text in order to fit the predefined space of the shape you’re typing in. Conversely, if you choose a predetermined font size, your text will remain at that size regardless of length, even if it means it overflows the shape.

For example, the two shapes below contain the same text - the left set at 36 pt and the right set to auto. 

Hi Micah, thanks for this tip, that will work.