Ability to add a label to a group in nwdiag

Question

It'd be great to be able to add a label to a group in nwdiag 

Something like "group : label  {" or just "group label  {"

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Answer 1

Hello all,

In the same way, perhaps add also, for the group element:

• description;
• shape.

Like:

@startuml
nwdiag {
  // define group at outside network definitions
  group grouplabel  {
    color = "#FF7777";
    description = "long group label";
    shape = node;

    web01;
    web02;
    db01;
  }

  network dmz {
    web01;
    web02;
  }
  network internal {
    web01;
    web02;
    db01 [address = ".101", shape = database];
  }
}
@enduml

→ Link to PlantUML online server.

That is only a proposal,

Regards,
Th.

Answer 2

With last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar you can now have :

@startuml
nwdiag {
  group {
    color = "#FF7777";
    description = "long group label";

    web01;
    web02;
    db01;
  }

  network dmz {
    web01;
    web02;
  }
  network internal {
    web01;
    web02;
    db01 [address = ".101", shape = database];
  }
}
@enduml

Is this what you were expecting ?

Comments

Hello PlantUML team,

That is good for label or description.

• Could you add also shape for group?

Thank for your support,
Regards,
Th.

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Hello PlantUML team,

Another wanted feature:

• Would it be possible to choose between label on the top or label on the bottom of the group?

But I have no idea of syntax!
Why not:

• top_description
• bottom_description

or

• description_top
• description_bottom

or a new field:

• location = top or bottom

Thank for your support,
Regards,
Th.