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Overview

Use 

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s to add text boxes with notes directly onto the canvas. Annotations can be used to provide descriptions, guidance and grouping.

Adding Annotations

  1. Drag and drop from the toolbar onto the canvas to create a new annotation
  2. Right-click on the annotation and select:
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FieldDescription
Basic Settings
NameName given to the annotation. 
Display Text

The text that be to be displayed on the canvas.

Position Settings
Padding Top

Define in pixels (px) the amount of padding required around the display text, at the top of the annotation. 

Padding RightDefine in pixels (px) the amount of padding required around the display text, on the right of the annotation. 
Padding BottomDefine in pixels (px) the amount of padding required around the display text, at the bottom of the annotation. 
Padding LeftDefine in pixels (px) the amount of padding required around the display text, on the left of the annotation. 
z-indexSpecify the stack order of the annotation (far in front or behind the annotation should appear in relation to other annotations). 
Background Settings
Background ColourSelect a background colour or enter a hex code.
OpacitySet the opacity of the background colour.
Border Settings
Border WidthSpecify the border width in pixels.
Border ColourSpecify the colour.
Border StyleSpecify the border style: Solid, Dashed, Dotted, or None.
Text Settings
FontSpecify a font name.
Font SizeSpecify a font size.
Text ColourSelect a font colour.
Font WeightChoose a font weight, e.g. Bold, Normal.
Font StyleChoose a font style, e.g. Italic, Normal.
Text Justify

Choose from:

Flex Start: text is packed toward the top of the annotation.

Flex End: text is packed toward the bottom of the annotation.

Center: text is centred along the main horizontal axis.

Text Align

Choose from:

Flex Start: text is aligned to the left of the annotation.

Flex End: text is aligned to the right of the annotation.

Center: text is centred along the main vertical axis.

Stretch: text fills the annotation along the main horizontal axis.


Learn More

For links to all pages in this topic, see Understanding Actionflows.