Use optional hyphens

You can insert optional hyphens in texts. These hyphens are displayed only when necessary when texts must be broken up due to, for example, resizing an object. Optional hyphens can be used for attribute texts and free-form texts. The following procedure describes an example use of optional hyphens for the name attribute of an object.

Procedure (quick video)

  1. Click a selected object in the model. The name of the object is selected for editing.
  2. Place the cursor at the position at which you would like to insert an optional hyphen.
  3. Press Ctrl + -. An optional hyphen is inserted and the placeholder for the optional hyphen is displayed (Optional hyphen).
  4. Insert optional hyphens wherever you want to separate the attribute value when you change the size of an object.
  5. Click in the modeling background.

The text input box is closed and the optional hyphen placeholders are no longer displayed.

If you now change the size of the object so that the text requires a line break, the text is wrapped at the position of the optional hyphen and a hyphen is automatically inserted at that position.

See also

What are optional hyphens for?