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We've published a new demo: [Stencil vs Diagram Elements](https://www.jointjs.com/demos/stencil-vs-diagram-elements)

Are you looking for a way to represent stencil elements in a way other than their actual appearance in the diagram? Check out this example that shows a different representation of elements during the drag-n-drop sequence (template-preview-diagram).

See the Pen [JointJS+: Stencil vs Diagram Elements](https://codepen.io/jointjs/pen/qByZdKZ/ce88080e25a45e473b5b9a94a06b4e40) by JointJS ([@jointjs](https://codepen.io/jointjs))
on [CodePen](https://codepen.io).

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For more examples of JointJS and JointJS+, see our [CodePen profile](https://codepen.io/jointjs) and our [official documentation](https://resources.jointjs.com/?_ga=2.157485114.162715808.1653039446-2112624975.1653039446).

To see all the awesome demos we've created so far, check out our [Github Discussions](https://github.com/clientIO/joint/discussions?discussions_q=label%3A%22Demo+Wednesday%22).

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