Reusing Styles
Diagrammix offers several ways to reuse a look instead of styling every element by hand. Pick the one that matches what you want to reuse.
| You want to… | Use |
|---|---|
| Give a whole document a consistent look, and reuse it in other documents | Custom Styles |
| Copy the look of one element onto a few others | Copy Style tool |
| Make new connectors or new text look a certain way | Saved defaults |
| Keep colours consistent and re-theme a diagram | Document Colors |
Custom Styles and Style Variants
A custom style is a reusable, document-wide look — like the built-in Sketch, Comic, and Blueprint autostyles, but defined by you. Apply it from the toolbar Autostyle menu.
Custom styles can contain style variants. While such a style is active, select shapes and open the Inspector's Style tab to pick a variant from the Style Variants grid, or clear it with the × button.
Custom styles are saved in your app-wide style library, so they're available in every document.
Copy Style Tool
The Copy Style tool (eyedropper icon, shortcut I) copies the look of one element and applies it to others with a click. It works across element types — shapes, connectors, vector paths, images, tables, and groups.
Saved Defaults for Connectors and Text
You can save the current look of a connector or a text as the default for new ones.
Connectors:
- Double-click a connector and click Connector Style in its floating toolbar
- Style the connector
- Open the gear menu and choose Save as Defaults
Connector defaults are saved per notation pack.
Text:
- Open the text editor on a shape or text box
- Format the text
- Open the gear menu at the bottom of the editor and choose Save as Defaults
Both gear menus also offer:
- Apply Defaults — restyle the current item with the saved defaults
- Reset Defaults — go back to the built-in defaults
Tips
- Start with an autostyle or custom style for the overall look, then fine-tune individual elements
- Save connector and text defaults before drawing a large diagram, so every new item already matches
- Use Copy Style for quick one-off fixes