Background Options
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Use the Background Options dialog to set and configure the background for your diagram. The background will be shown in the diagram editor, but also when you export your diagram as an image or PDF file.
Use Background Image:
Toggle this switch to show or hide the background image. When activated, the background image will also be used when exporting your diagram as image or PDF.
List of available Backgrounds:
UMLBoard provides four predefined background images: Two light backgrounds that are best suited for the light color theme, and two darker images for the dark theme.
Click on an entry in the list to activate the background (assuming the Use Background Image toggle is active).
While the predefined entries cannot be edited, any background image you added manually (see below) can also be deleted or edited. Editing will replace the current image with your newly chosen one.
New Background:
Press this button to browse for a local image file you want to use as background.
Note
UMLBoard will create a copy of your background file in a custom directory, so any changes you make to the original file after setting it as background won't be reflected. To update your background image, select it and choose the edit option.
Image Width and Height:
Here you can individually set the dimensions of your background image. Setting either width or height exclusively will scale your image accordingly. Press the Update Diagram button to apply your changes.
Repeat Image:
Your chosen background image will automatically repeated vertically and horizontally. Use this option for seemless textures that should span larger diagrams.
Size to content 1.13
Choosing size to content will stretch the image automatically to fit the dimensions of the diagram. Depending on your diagram size and the actual image dimension, it can happen that the image gets strechted disproportionally. Also please note that you need to click the button again to recalculate the image size after you updated the diagram.
Size to image 1.13
Choose this option to take the original image size. If the image is larger then the actual diagram, it will get clipped during export.
Export Now 1.13
These section allows you to export your diagram instantly as image, PDF or PlantUML.
