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Shape


A shape item adds a geometric shape to a board.
Shapes are useful when drawing flowcharts and diagrams.

Basic shapes

Basic geometric shapes, such as circle, square, rectangle, and so on, are supported in our production environment for both Web SDK and REST APIs. You can choose among a set of geometric shapes, and you can style shapes by assigning them custom values for properties such as background and border colors, font size and color, and so on.

The Web SDK and REST APIs supports the following basic shapes:

ValueShape on the board UI
rectanglerectangle
round_rectangleround_rectangle
circlecircle
triangletriangle
rhombusrhombus
parallelogramparallelogram
trapezoidtrapezoid
pentagonpentagon
hexagonhexagon
octagonoctagon
wedge_round_rectangle_calloutwedge_round_rectangle_callout
starstar
flow_chart_predefined_processflow_chart_predefined_process
cloudcloud
crosscross
cancan
right_arrowright_arrow
left_arrowleft_arrow
left_right_arrowleft_right_arrow
left_braceleft_brace
right_braceright_brace

Default: rectangle

Flowchart shapes

Flowchart shapes are available in our experimental release for both the Web SDK and REST APIs.
Flowcharts help map out a process in a visual way. This way to represent processes helps assess the workflow, as well as identify bottlenecks or potential flaws.

The Web SDK and REST APIs support the following flowchart shapes in our experimental release:

ValueShape on the board UI
flow_chart_connectorflow_chart_connector
flow_chart_magnetic_diskflow_chart_magnetic_disk
flow_chart_input_outputflow_chart_input_output
flow_chart_decisionflow_chart_decision
flow_chart_delayflow_chart_delay
flow_chart_displayflow_chart_display
flow_chart_documentflow_chart_document
flow_chart_magnetic_drumflow_chart_magnetic_drum
flow_chart_internal_storageflow_chart_internal_storage
flow_chart_manual_inputflow_chart_manual_input
flow_chart_manual_operationflow_chart_manual_operation
flow_chart_mergeflow_chart_merge
flow_chart_multidocumentflow_chart_multidocument
flow_chart_note_curly_leftflow_chart_note_curly_left
flow_chart_note_curly_rightflow_chart_note_curly_right
flow_chart_note_squareflow_chart_note_square
flow_chart_offpage_connectorflow_chart_offpage_connector
flow_chart_orflow_chart_or
flow_chart_predefined_process_2flow_chart_predefined_process_2
flow_chart_preparationflow_chart_preparation
flow_chart_processflow_chart_process
flow_chart_online_storageflow_chart_online_storage
flow_chart_summing_junctionflow_chart_summing_junction
flow_chart_terminatorflow_chart_terminator

See also