When creating wiring diagrams for UI’s for example, or creating UML sequence diagrams you need to draw a lot of horizontal and vertical lines. It would be really helpful if there could be some visual indication when drawing or extending lines that the are horizontal or vertical - a bit like the indications when you have something aligned with something else.
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Indicator when lines are horizontal or vertical
Best answer by Marina
Hi
Try holding Shift when creating a connection line, it will indicate a straight horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Does it help?
+5Hi
Try holding Shift when creating a connection line, it will indicate a straight horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Does it help?
The main problem with that feature is that when the arrow approaches a shape, and you want to connect the arrow to a side of that shape, the vertical/horizontal feature stops functioning and is overridden by the feature connecting the arrow to the shape. The arrow can get pulled off the vertical/horizontal plane. Any workaround for this?
+13Thanks Robert! That works like a charm. It prevents the line from connecting to the box, but I can deal with that. Much appreciated.
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