I am trying to draw a UML diagram and have become frustrated at the inclusion of some unwanted labels (see circled in red below) when I add composition relationships. When I select them and press Delete I get the following message:
Shape protection, container, and/or layer properties prevent complete execution of this command
Any ideas on how to overcome this?
While the statement in the answer above is true it is not the solution to the problem. Most of the UML shapes have a wide variety of display options. To remove the decorations on a UML connector do the following:
right-click the shape
Select "Shape Display Options..." from the menu
Un-check End Options ' "First end name", "Second end name" and "End multiplicities"
(Alternative) In this case you might select Suppress / "First end" and "Second end". Checking the "End Options" turns things on; checking "Suppress" turns things off.
Play around with the other UML shapes to see how they behave.
That label is probably grouped with other items and cannot be removed.
See if this Microsoft article helps :
If you disable the Auto assign name to newly created UML model element option in the UML Options dialog (UML -> Drawing Options), Visio will not assign meaningless names to the ends anymore.
