Block Category: Annotation; State Charts menu
Description: The label block lets you insert floating labels in a block diagram. You can choose the text attributes for the label, as well as a colored background. The label block is particularly useful for tagging signals.
The label block is also used for linking to files, other Embed diagrams, or URLs.
Background Color: Selects a background color for the label.
Fonts: Selects a font, font style, point size, color, and special effects for the text. A sample of the text is displayed in the Sample box.
Override Default Colors and Override Default Font: Overrides the selections in the Colors and Fonts dialogs.
Copy Hyperlink: Copies a hyperlink to this block to the clipboard. For more information, see Linking to files, diagrams, and URLs.
Hyperlink: Indicates if the hyperlink is active. You must activate this parameter to link to a file, diagram, or URL.
Label: Indicates a user-defined block label that appears when View > Block Labels is activated.
Link to file, diagram, or URL: Specifies the path to the file, diagram, or internet location, or click … to select it. If you copy the hyperlink to the clipboard from another application (like Word), you use Paste Hyperlink to paste the hyperlink into this parameter.
Named location in file: For some, applications, like Word, this field is populated with Paste Hyperlink.
Paste Hyperlink: If you copy the hyperlink to the clipboard from another application (like Word or a Browser), you can use Paste Hyperlink to populate the Hyperlink and Override parameters. For more information, see Linking to files, diagrams, and URLs.