Edit the name of an element

The name of an element uniquely identifies the element on the drawing surface.

When you draw a new element on the drawing surface, it is assigned a default name. You can then change its name in the Properties Editor or the Elements List.

Element names are case-insensitive and unique within the same element hierarchy. It is possible to have two elements with the same name if one is, for example, in a group and the other outside that group.

To change an element’s name in the Properties Editor

1. Select the element on the drawing surface.

2. In the Properties Editor, click the value for the Name box.

3. Type a new name and press Enter.

To change an element’s name in the Elements List

4. Select the element in the Elements List.

5. Click the element in the Elements List again.

6. Type a new name and press Enter.