My Scapple Wish List

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  1. Make connectors able to be modified as to color and weight, also arrows should have options as to “hollow” or “filled” and size
  2. Allow Layers for complex Scapple diagrams, where entries can be assigned to Layers and then specific Layers hidden or not. See uploaded doc
  3. Add “magnets” to Notes so that the connectors are forced to connect to North/South/East/West or other user selected spots on Notes
  4. Add Mac command combinations for frequently used functions, like align Notes to the Left, Distribute vertically, etc.
    Tribal.scap (23.0 KB)
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I’m locking this, as all of these already have existing discussion threads, or can be done already. If you have any further thoughts to add to one of them specifically, they would be better raised in these topics:

  1. Connection formatting.
  2. Layers.
  3. Magnet points for connections.
  4. Custom keyboard shortcuts are a universal Mac feature.
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I like Scapple, though I wish it had a few convenience features:

  • A snap-to grid system with customizable grid square dimensions
  • Connections between objects should be fully editable after creation, including the ability to add vertices or make them into Bézier curves, alter arrows at either end, etc.
  • Customizable styles would be nice. I’d love to be able to create a new round rect with a blue background and centered text in a particular font, for example.
  • As a geek I’d love to be able to choose from a variety of symbols in addition to arrowheads, such as those for creating flowcharts, entity-relationship diagrams using database symbology, etc.
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If you’re a Mac-user, for all that can I recommend Omnigraffle. Of course it comes at a price.

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(Merging with another recent list of duplicate requests that already have discussion threads.) In addition to the linked discussions above:

  • Customizable styles would be nice. I’d love to be able to create a new round rect with a blue background and centered text in a particular font, for example.

The “Styles” section of the inspector is exactly what you’re looking for. See §10.2, Note Styles, in the user manual PDF, if it isn’t clear how to make your own or trash the example prefabs we supply in factory settings. Also check out the application options, where you will find a button in General (Mac) or in the Styles tab (Win), that uses the current board’s styles for future boards you create.

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