Re: Problems with UML elements

["Klavs Klavsen" <kl vsen dk>]

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> It cannot be resized manually.  It resizes itself when enough text is
> added to it, and also when the font size is set etc. However, there's
> no reason it can't resize like the first four flowchart shapes.  Patches
> would be welcome (and probably easy to make, given other objects do what
> is wanted).
>
If it annoys me enough, I'll have to see if I can fix it :)

>> 2) a Message does not seem to support being "divided" so it can (f.ex.)
>> go
>> straight left, break and go straight up. When I select it, theres shown
>> 3
>> "red blocks" - that I can pull. a left, a center and a right block. The
>> center one does nothing if I move it up or down.. perhaps its a bug?
>
> The center handle is the handle for the message text.  Unlike some other
> connectors (like the FS flows), the message cannot be edited directly in
> the diagram, which is an error.  As for why it's a straigt line rather
> than a zig-zag line, that's a decision made by the UML sheet designers.
> Unfortunately, it isn't easy to switch a line from straight to zig-zag
> at run-time.
>
Would it be hard change the element to be a zigzag line (in the source UML
sheet) - if so - where should I look (I haven't studied the code before)?

Thank you in advance.

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