(Solved) How do I "Close" a Polyline (Outline) in Symbol Editor (7.0.7)

Schematic Library Symbols
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I’ve created a couple of symbols with outlines more complex than just a rectangle using the “Add Connected Graphic Lines” tool.
This works fine and looks good.
I’m able to drag all corners of the new graphic for fine tuning, except the starting/ending points. Those I can only drag as separate line ends.
Is there a way to “close” the graphic? I’ve tried with “Create Corner”, but no joy.
Am I doing this wrong?
Or is there a solution to “close” the polyline?

Thanks.

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Not to my knowledge.

The “Create Corner” breaks a line into segments wherever the cursor is placed at the time of the action. This enables dragging parts of a line.

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OK, Thanks. No reason for me to keep searching.

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I’ve never bothered to ask if it can be altered because the annoyance is very infrequent.
I find moving Silk and Courtyard lines in the footprints a bigger nuisance.

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You don’t need to close the polygon. You just have to place the ending point over the starting point.
You can group the lines tho. This way you can treat them as a group.

Edit: My bad, this answer has nothing to do with the Symbol editor but with the PCB editor.

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In the Symbol Editor ? how do I do that ?

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Oh, did not see that, it is in the title only.
Yeah, the symbol editor is a bit limited for this kind of thing.

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Totally with you, it’s a very small issue. The problem is, that it leaves you sitting with a nagging feeling of having done something wrong that might bite you later on.
Not nice if you’re editing a big library.

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