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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: AFernandez on May 03, 2023, 02:09:43 am

Title: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
Post by: AFernandez on May 03, 2023, 02:09:43 am

Hello All,

I am in the need to be able to collapse or fold some lifelines and their messages from a sequence diagram so I can have better discussions with a stakeholder that do not care on the hidden lifelines. Kind of when you collapse rows or columns in excel. I am pretty sure this function exists in EA since I remember using it a few years back, but now I just cannot find it. Does it ring any bell to you?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
Post by: Geert Bellekens on May 03, 2023, 03:38:40 am

Never heard of anything like that I'm afraid.

Geert

Title: Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
Post by: qwerty on May 03, 2023, 08:13:12 am

I'd guess you are hallucinating. Make it so you can scroll vertically to show certain parts. Or even better: create individual SDs for each audience.

q.

Title: Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
Post by: jfzouain on May 04, 2023, 07:29:45 am

You cannot collapse in Sequence Diagram.
Highly suggest to do what qwerty is saying to create individual ones per audience.

Title: Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
Post by: AFernandez on May 04, 2023, 10:37:26 pm

Hello all, thanks for the response, fyi.. the best that I have been able to do on this regard is to use "Layers" i.e. create more than one  and then "add" lifelines of interest to each layer. when  you check-box unselect the layers, the lifelines and messages just disappear from the view. Spacing is not re-arranged though.
thanks.