Is it possible to hide the component icon ?

+2 votes
asked Feb 4, 2020 in Question / help by Nicolas
edited Feb 5, 2020
Hi,

Is there a skinParam to hide the component icon. On the top right in Uml2 and by default on the left.

I want to be able to use the simple notation like [box 3] --> [box 4] with spaces between words.

Else I have to declare for example

rectangle box_3 as "box 3"

And then use box_3 --> box_4

I can use (box 3) but it draw a circle. I can use "box 3" but it draw an Actor.

Thanks for your help,

Nicolas

4 Answers

–1 vote
answered Jun 7, 2020 by yeongjun (120 points)

I think this link will help you

commented Jun 8, 2020 by Martin
I tried to tie this answer in to the question but failed, sorry if I'm missing something.  Like the OP, I'd like the shorthand of [A] --> [B] to autovivificate the rectangles but without the little component icons being added in.  A neat solution would be to allow "skinparam componentStyle rectangle".  I'm probably mis-using a UML tool to draw general flow-diagrams, but erm that's what I mainly do with it.
commented Jun 9, 2020 by Nicolas

Like Martin said the link doesn't help. And "skinparam componentStyle rectangle" would be perfect for me as well.

commented Jun 9, 2020 by plantuml (294,960 points)
With last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar you can now have "skinparam componentStyle rectangle"

Tell us if it's not working for you.
commented Jun 10, 2020 by yeongjun (120 points)

Isn't this what you want?

PlantUML diagram

@startuml
skinparam rectangle {
    backgroundColor Transparent
    borderColor Transparent
    shadowing false
    stereotypeFontColor Transparent
}

rectangle "Box 3" as b1
rectangle "Box 4" as b2

b1 -right-> b2
@enduml

commented Jun 10, 2020 by Martin
Plantuml - great job as usual!  The following now works for me:
@startuml
skinparam componentStyle rectangle
[box 1] -> [box 2]
@enduml
Which is a nice short-hand mechanism to have; thank you.
commented Jun 11, 2020 by yeongjun (120 points)
edited Jun 11, 2020 by yeongjun

@Martin thanks for short-hand! How about below?

@startuml
skinparam componentBorderColor transparent
skinparam componentBackgroundColor transparent
skinparam shadowing false

[box 1] -down-> [box 2]
@enduml

0 votes
answered Jun 9, 2020 by jongliko (180 points)

Setting background and border transparent hide the default component icon on the left

http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml/png/SoWkIImgAStDuIhEpimhI2nAp5L8piyjoCzBpIjnoYzAIIropi_9Br8eAKhCAmRA0uMnAarCpauloY_DIy5K7fsKNw5W7AkWgskd06QRn78vfEQb06q50000

But it meens you can't use any background or border colors...

0 votes
answered Jun 10, 2020 by Martin

Moving Plantuml's response to an answer:
With last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar you can now have "skinparam componentStyle rectangle"

0 votes
answered Jun 10, 2020 by jongliko (180 points)
Thanks Plantuml it's just woking perfect for me too ! And thanks Martin for the Skinparam Idea. It's perfect for quick and simple flow-diagrams.
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