Observations on Common commands (title, header, footer, caption or legend) on all diagrams [V1.2020.16]

Question

Hello PlantUML Team,

Here are the result of the Common commands (title, header, footer, caption or legend) on the different diagrams, we observe:

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1/ Overlap for Sequence and WBS

@startuml
header some header
footer <back:red>some footer
title My title
caption This is caption
legend
<back:red>The legend
end legend
a->b
@enduml

@startwbs
header some header
footer some footer
title My title
caption This is caption
legend
The legend
end legend
* r
** d1
** d2
@endwbs

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2/ Syntax Error for gantt

@startuml
header some header
footer some footer
title My title
caption This is caption
legend
The legend
end legend
[t] lasts 5 days
@enduml

→ Link to PlantUML online server.

• Could you allow 'header' and 'footer' for gantt diagram?

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3/ java.lang.IllegalArgumentException for Salt

@startsalt
header some header
footer some footer
title My title
caption This is caption
legend
The legend
end legend
{+
  Login    | "MyName   "
  Password | "****     "
  [Cancel] | [  OK   ]
}
@endsalt

For Salt, see also:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/8830/caption-disapear-with-salt?show=8830#q8830
• https://forum.plantuml.net/9864/salt-diagrams-ignore-the-caption-keywork-and-packages?show=9864#q9864

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4/ Minor question:

• Why, for sequence diagram, the caption is above the legend unlike all the other diagrams?

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Thanks for all yours improvements,
Regards,
Th.

Answer 1

Hello PlantUML team,

With the new version 1.2020.17-18, this is fixed.

See result on:

• https://plantuml.com/commons#90c15b01f3eab67c

Thanks for yours works,
Regards,
Th.