
Click File > New Library > … and select where you want to save your custom library file. If you want to only open that particular library, you can add a second parameter, libs=0 to hide the default shape libraries: Add the clibs parameter and the address of the custom library with URL encoded characters.įor example, to open the templates.xml custom shape library that is hosted on our GitHub in our online diagram editor, you would use the following URL: You can load a custom library hosted somewhere on the web by using a URL parameter when opening the draw.io editor. Locate and select your custom library (the file extension will be. Click File > Open Library from, then select the service or device where your file is stored. This is great for ensuring all diagrams follow your company’s style. You can add custom libraries to the draw.io for Confluence app so that everyone in your company can access your custom shape libraries, or customise the draw.io app to load them by default. These files are easily shared with your co-workers.Ĭreate custom shape libraries fill them with corporate assets, like a copyright notice or a logo, or your company’s rack layout, or UML components that are specific to your code base and share your custom libraries with your team members.
Custom shape libraries let you add the shapes, images, clipart, groups of shapes, custom shapes, and even entire diagrams to your own shape library to make diagramming faster and easier.