| Summary: | Swimlanes in Activity Diagrams. | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] umbrello | Reporter: | Stephen Torri <storri> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Oliver Kellogg <okellogg> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WORKSFORME | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | CC: | s.nattapong |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | RedHat Enterprise Linux | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
| Sentry Crash Report: | |||
| Attachments: | emulate_swimlanes.xmi | ||
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Description
Stephen Torri
2003-03-10 02:48:26 UTC
A swimlane is suppose to have a name associated with it. It contains activities within it. Should it just be a box + text string for name + activity boxes around it? Or should it be an object? If it was the first item then it would suck trying to move it around to make it fit on the diagram. First I would have to move the box and resize it. Second I would have to move the activities. Finally moving the name to its new place. If I could just have all the items associated with a swimlane grouped together so that resizing/moving the swimlane moved all objects contained in it that would make life much easier. So I guess a box is not the best answer in my opinion. The objects of a swimlane are grouped together for ease of diagram creation. So I guess all objects that are placed within the boundaries of a swimlane are "associated" with it. I hope that I am clear on what I define swimlanes to be. Created attachment 10619 [details]
emulate_swimlanes.xmi
I tried your first option. In order to move the first swimlane,
hold down the shift button and click on every item in the first
swimlane (including the box and title.)
I understand that in complex diagrams this is somewhat tedious.
Stephen Torri wrote:
> If I could just have all the items associated with a swimlane
> grouped together so that resizing/moving the swimlane moved
> all objects contained in it that would make life much easier.
So, unless other compelling arguments are raised, that's how I
would like to resolve this PR: Support a new popup option
"Select all items in box".
I find that idea quite charming as it is general and can be
applied in other diagrams.
Actually, there's no need for anything new - Umbrello already supports rectangular selections. Press left mouse button in the top left corner of the area to be selected and drag down to the bottom right of the area to be selected. *** Bug 144983 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** |