The Textedit control is new with Dia from version 0.97 - it indicates being in text edit mode. Together with an appropriate object selection it is one way to start text modification.
An object supporting in-canvas text editing can be in two different selection modes. The normal selection is the same for all objects, it allows to manipulate the objects position, grouping etc.. Some object can enter a second selection mode, which allows to edit their text from the canvas.
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There are multiple ways to enter text edit mode. You can press-and-hold the left mouse button, activate text editing by Enter or F2 key or select the respective object after activating Textedit from the toolbox. |