To work around this behavior, change the
ShapeSplittable property of the connector to
1.
To do this, follow these steps:
- Select the connector between the shapes where you want to add a new shape.
- Do one of the following:
- In Visio 2007: Click Window, and then click Show ShapeSheet.
- In Visio 2010: Click the Developer tab, and then click Show ShapeSheet. If the Developer tab is not displayed, click the File tab, click Options, click Advanced, scroll to the bottom, click to select the Run in developer mode check box, and then click OK.
- Locate the ShapeSplittable property in the Shape Layout section, and then change the setting to 1.
- Close the ShapeSheet.
If the
ShapeSplittable property of the connector is already set to
1, or if the new shape still does not split the connector, change the
ShapeSplit property of the new shape to
1.
To do this only for the shape that you want to use to split the connector, follow these steps:
- Select the shape.
- Do one of the following:
- In Visio 2007: Click Window, and then click Show ShapeSheet.
- In Visio 2010: Click the Developer tab, and then click Show ShapeSheet.
- Locate the ShapeSplit property in the Shape Layout section, and then change the setting to 1.
- Close the ShapeSheet.
To do this for all shapes of the same type as the shape that you want to use to split the connector, follow these steps:
- Make sure that at least one shape of the type exists in the diagram.
- Do one of the following:
- In Visio 2007: Click File, click Shapes, and then click Show Document Stencil.
- In Visio 2010: Click the Developer tab, and then check Document Stencil.
- In the Shapes window of the document stencil, right-click the appropriate shape, click Edit Master, and then click Edit Master Shape.
- In the new window that opens (The new window only displays the master shape that is being edited), do one of the following:
- In Visio 2007: Click Window, and then click Show ShapeSheet.
- In Visio 2010: Click the Developer tab, and then click Show ShapeSheet.
- Locate the ShapeSplit property in the Shape Layout section, and then change the setting to 1.
- Close the ShapeSheet.
- Close the new window that opened in step 4, and then save the changes.
- Close the document stencil. To do this, do one of the following:
- In Visio 2007: Right-click the document stencil title bar, and then click Close.
- In Visio 2010: Click the Developer tab, and then click Document Stencil to clear that selection.