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Move text label for a BPMN object (e.g. decision)

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  • April 8, 2024
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It’s incredibly frustrating to not have any control over object label location in the BPMN 2.0 object set.
For the same reasons raised in the post linked above.

Please could this functionality be extended? It feels like a breaking feature - especially when most other BPMN software seems to have labels at top by default - it’s basic logic in the sense that process diagrams will run left to right and typically top to bottom if they’re not too complex. Statistically it’s more likely to want a connector running off the bottom of the icon than the top.
 

 As queried by @Peter Casey 
https://community.miro.com/ask-the-community-45/can-you-move-text-for-a-bpmn-object-e-g-decision-13386

To quote Peter: Sometimes I want the text to be inside the shape, or to the right, so that a connector can descend down from the shape without overlapping the text.

Like this

The best I can do seems to be to right align the text.

which is still pretty ugly.

Workaround is to add text not attached to the object.  Kinda lame but works.

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Hi @Yachal Upson! Thanks so much for taking the time to submit this idea. Our team has reviewed this and it’s open for votes and comments. 

 

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Not limited to BPMN, but any object should be able to drag text to where you want it instead of having to use align or just a free text.


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  • September 6, 2024

I would love for this feature to be available. Its very frustrating being forced to have the flow lines intrude on the text when documenting process


Eca
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  • September 6, 2024

Hi everyone,

 

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and feedback on this. Our product team has reviewed this feature request, and we will keep an eye on it as it gathers votes and comments.

 

In the meantime, please feel free to check our changelog for weekly updates. We’ll make sure to keep you informed of any developments!


This is something I would absolutely love to have! Changing label text placement would be so useful for bringing clarity when there are multiple streams moving from one element to the next.

I would extend this to any element generated. Even if it would not be fully customizable, to be able to move it in predefined anchor points on any element would help a lot. Also adding and/or removing the element label as a feature would useful since sometimes I personally would like to label things such as diagrams.


Robert Johnson
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  • September 18, 2025

This is not limited to the BPMN diagram shapes. I've heard a rumour that some work is being done on diagraming shapes later this fall (after Canvas) which should address this (and other) issues.