Is there a way to temporarily hide the connector anchor points, allowing me to drag or resize a shape without accidentally drawing a new connector?
It is very easy to draw connectors by clicking on a shape and dragging away from it.
However if I want to MOVE a shape, I have to first be sure none of the connector anchor points are highlighed before I start to drag.
This often requires zooming in quite close to the shape so it is large enough that I can put the mouse over “white space” that doesn’t highlight an anchor. On large diagrams or when moving small shapes, I then must do the drag while still zoomed in. VP does let me drag offscreen by panning – but it will start to jump uncontrollably during the drag after it’s been scrolling for a while, and often drops the shape in an unpredictable location. So, long drags are impossible.
This means I generally don’t move shapes but have to cut/paste them. If there are existing connections I wish to keep, I have to manually re-create them. This is all very slow and frustrating.
A modifier key that suppresses connector anchor points would solve this very nicely.