Creating a custom palette group

Users with administrative privileges can create custom palettes and add custom shapes to it. All custom shapes can be added only to a custom palette and not to the inbuilt palettes, such as Sketches, UML, Process, Deployment palettes. In the Edit Palette Group window, you can also search, identify the inbuilt and custom groups, delete, or reorder the list of palette groups the way you want.

Procedure

Create a custom palette from the Manage Palette menu
  1. Select Manage Palette option from the Administration menu.
    Manage palette menu
  2. In the Edit Palette Groups window, click Add New.

    You can also search for the available shapes by typing the name of the custom shape in the search bar and press Enter.

    Add New palette group window
  3. In the Palette Group Name, type a valid name to identify the palette group you are creating.
    Add New palette group window
  4. Click OK.

    A new palette with the given name is displayed in the Palette Explorer view.

    Palette explorer with inbuilt and custom shapes

Optionally, you can also reorder the shape names by moving them up or down the list if needed by using the arrow buttons.

Editing custom shape