Author Topic: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram  (Read 2106 times)

AFernandez

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Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
« 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!

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Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2023, 03:38:40 am »
Never heard of anything like that I'm afraid.

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Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
« Reply #3 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.
« Last Edit: May 04, 2023, 07:32:59 am by jfzouain »
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Re: Collapse/fold/hide lifelines in a sequence diagram
« Reply #4 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.