Diagram is clipped or the wrong size
Sizing complaints are nearly always the display mode, which is a single setting with four values. Once you know what each one does, the fix takes seconds.
The setting can be changed for one diagram, or for a whole space at once.
#What you are seeing
The diagram is cut off at the edge.
A small diagram is blown up and looks blurry.
The diagram scrolls when it should fit, or fits when it should scroll.
#Work through these in order
Check | What it means and what to do |
|---|---|
Check the display mode | Auto, Fixed, Max and Classic behave very differently. The table below says which to pick. |
Is height set? | Height only applies to modes that use it. Setting it elsewhere appears to do nothing. |
Is it very wide? | Turn on native scrolling. Wide diagrams read better with scrollbars than with pan and zoom. |
Is it small and blurry? | Turn on Smart Scale, which stops small diagrams being stretched to fill the column. |
Should the whole space change? | Set it in the space settings instead of per macro. |
#Which display mode
Mode | Behaviour | Pick it when |
|---|---|---|
Auto | Proportional, scrolls if needed | Default; right for most diagrams |
Fixed | Pan and zoom in a fixed box | Large diagrams readers will explore |
Max | Proportional, full column width | Wide diagrams that should fill the page |
Classic | Natural size, box hugs the diagram | Small diagrams, and draw.io parity |
#A few things that catch people out
Most macros are set to inherit, so the space setting is often the faster fix.
Alignment does nothing in Fixed and Max, because those already span the column.
A diagram nobody can read at any size is too big. Consider splitting it.
#Related
Most of these take under a minute.
