Manipulating balloons

(A) Connection handle

Connects the balloon to an element or free space point.

Moves the start point of the leader along the annotated element.

Alt+drag to change parent geometry. This disconnects the leader and removes associativity.

Pressing Alt+Ctrl disconnects the leader, yet preserves associativity.

(B) Terminator handle

Changes the terminator type.

Displays a list of terminators for you to change the terminator type.

(C) Leader edit handle

Moves the balloon freely by changing the leader line length and orientation.

With a leader line and a break line:

Without a break line, the leader edit handle is the same as the move handle.

Inserting vertices into the leader line adds edit points.

Alt+drag changes the leader line connection point to the balloon.

Without a break line, Alt+drag displays keypoints for you to snap the leader to a different connection point on the balloon.

(D) Break line edit handle

Drags the annotation horizontally.

Resizes the break line to adjust the position of the annotation horizontally.

Flips the balloon and break line to the opposite side of the leader.

Alt+drag changes the break line attachment point on the balloon.

Displays eligible snap points on the balloon:

The new orientation of the break line is always perpendicular to the dashed line indicator.

(E) Move handle

Moves the balloon freely even when there is no leader or break line.

Moves the balloon by adjusting the leader length and orientation freely. The break line length and angle do not change.

(F) Balloon stack edit handle

Transforms the stack orientation.

Changes the stack arrangement from horizontal to vertical, or from vertical to horizontal.

(G) A vertical balloon stack with an underline balloon shape and a break line has one more handle.

If:

Stack=Vertical

Shape=Underline

Drags the vertical line on the stack to the opposite side of the annotation.