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Can you change the default (Yes/No) text for decision shape connectors?

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  • December 16, 2024
  • 3 replies
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Is it possible to change the default label text for connectors for the decision shape? The first connector always has the label “Yes” and any additional connectors are labeled “No”. Is there a way to change this, for example, to “True” and “False” or “Accept” and “Reject”? Is it possible to change the order (e.g. label the first connector “No”, the second connector “Yes”, then “No” for additional connectors)?

I tried changing the label on a connector from a decision shape and selecting “Set Default Style” from the context menu, but this only affects formatting, e.g. if I change the label font and line thickness and then Set Default Style, connectors from any new decision shapes will use the new font and line thickness, but the label text is always “Yes” and “No”. Yes, I know I can do a Find & Replace from the Edit menu to change all existing “Yes” and “No” labels to something else and define conditional formatting to change set the green and red line coloring for my new lables, but can I change the default labels for new decision shapes?

More generally, is it possible define automatic labels for connectors from custom shapes (what label the first connector will have, what label the second one will have, etc.) or is this behavior unique to the standard decision shape?

Kelsey Gaag
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  • Lucid community team
  • December 17, 2024

Hi ​@Adi

Thank you for posting in the community! It is currently not possible to change the default text on a decision shape, but 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.


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  • December 29, 2024

I’m not sure what you mean by “details about your use case “. I just wanted to know whether I could have the decision shape connectors be automatically labeled True/False, and more broadly if that kind of connector behavior is configurable or unique to that shape and hard-coded.


Kelsey Gaag
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  • Lucid community team
  • December 31, 2024

Hi Adi, 

Thank you for the reply! To clarify, for details about your use case, you are welcome to add why this feature would be useful, since it is currently unavailable. Please let me know if you have any other questions!