How to create and use container shapes in draw.io to collapse and expand content

In this video you will see how you can keep your processes organized and show the complete big picture in one diagram. The magic word is container shapes. What makes container shapes special is that they can contain other shapes and form a frame. Also, these shapes can be collapsed and expanded.

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[pleabargain]

Took me awhile to figure out the correct order of steps but got it working. Thank you! (Containers are not well documented)

[Bajran_]

Dziękuję, to jest niesamowite, tak długo szukałem takiego rozwiązania.

[JasonKnueppel]

Thank you. Also useful to note that when dragging a shape into the container, make sure the container is highlighted to indicate the shape will be linked to that container.

[andrewvertsimaha]

I'm a huge fan of Containers and there is one more function that would be perfect for me.
When I expand container - other shapes go beyond my expanded container
so every time I need to right click on Container and "To Front" or "Bring Forward" or Cmd+Shift+F

Can you please add function:
IF I expand container
THEN it automatically goes TO FRONT

Because if I expand container I expect to see its content above all other content.
Thank you in advance, your app is awesome!

[shockeyshockey]

So when we place a container inside a when I expand the inside container, the outside container size also will increase as required.. Which is good. But when i minimize the inside container the outside container wont come back to its normal size again. It will remain in increased size. which is messing the shape of diagram

[MostlyBeees]

Is there a way to make the expand button larger? Or even better make it so clicking the shape expands or collapses it. Its a great feature, but the button is just so small

[mathssoso]

Thank you for this great Tutorial,
I would like to represent the entire diagram inside a page into one single component, and later open that component to view/modify and later come back one layer up for a full view of my diagram, are containers the way to do it or is there something I am not aware of ?

[sguerrero]

Hi, great stuff. I’ve been looking into a bunch of resources but don’t seem to find the answer. Is there a way of keeping the functionality of a diagram on the app itself? Or any other type of file? Without using Confluence.

[MNKALAMARI]

How to use a container for large text? It is necessary for the container to be of fixed width and dynamic length, i.e. the text is placed inside the container with new line breaks, and not in one line, which makes the container very wide

[botsynth]

I can't find what "expand" checkbox in Property of object means.

[jacksmith-cbjb]

What is the platform at 0:21 that doesn't have an edit button when sharing

[salimmazariboufares]

Hello, what is the reverse commend on mac? I did try cmd + g but it do not work