Associating Fragments with messages and nested fragments

[PhilJollans]

Sorry if this question is very stupid, but I'm only an occasional user of EA and not an expert on UML either.

In a sequence diagram, there doesn't seem to be any connection between Fragments and things inside the fragments (messages or other fragments).

If I add a new message, or move an existing message, other items are moved down, but not the fragments. This means that I am continually adjusting the position of the fragments by hand.

How do I associate fragments with the stuff inside them (presumably building up a hierarchy).

Thanks in advance, Phil

[qwerty]

You don't. You just have to fiddle around. Or even better: don't use that too often. I account that under graphical programming. And this paradigm has been buried at least a decade ago (though still people like to play with zombies).

q.

[PhilJollans]

Thanks.

There is something going on that I don't understand, because when I move things up and down, some related things move and some don't. In fact, it is unusable.

I am certainly not a follower of graphical programming. I just wanted to document some sequences, where a few different actors are interacting.

Phil

[Geert Bellekens]

Phil,

Are you using the latest version of EA?

There have been quite some improvements in the latest version with regards to editing sequence diagrams.

If you messages are completely in the fragment, then the fragment should move down together with the messages in them when you add a new message above them.
If that doesn't happen please report it as a bug.

The only thing I found that doesn't move with the rest are notes linked to messages, but I guess I can live with that.

Geert