Background Items

Highlight areas of the map and add clarity to the model with the use of background shapes and text. These can be dragged on to the canvas from the left hand side toolbar and the colour, size and shape can be customised in the same way as a regular node.

Locking Background Items

Realisor allows you to lock the backing nodes (backing shapes and text) into position on the canvas. This is done through using the ‘Lock Background’ option that in the ‘Formatting’ section of the Home tab. Use this button to turn on/off the ‘Lock Background’ functionality. Note that this locks all background items currently on the canvas and makes them un-selectable until ‘Lock Background’ has been turned off.
 

Adding Borders 

Background items can now have borders added to them. If you select a backing item on the canvas and click the ‘Format’ tab that appears in the ribbon menu, a number of border options will appear.
Here you can customise determine whether you wish to have a visible border on a node, select the colour, width, border style and which sides of the background item you wish to have the borders on. This is particularly useful for example if you wish to show a dividing line on your Outcome Map – you can simply set the border for one edge of the background item. To remove borders, simply turn off the ‘Show’ option for the borders you no longer wish to have visible