Backward in activity (beta) does not work with swim lanes

Question

In the beta version of activity diagrams the combination of a backward reference and swim lanes does not work.

This is the combination that produces a broken diagram (the backward node flows somewhere in the middle):

@startuml

|Swimlane1|
start
repeat :foo as starting label;
  :read data;
  :generate diagrams;
|Swimlane2|
backward:This is backward;
repeat while (more data?)
|Swimlane1|

stop

@enduml

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This is a working diagram (swim lanes only):

@startuml

|Swimlane1|
start
repeat :foo as starting label;
  :read data;
|Swimlane2|
  :generate diagrams;
repeat while (more data?)
|Swimlane1|

stop

@enduml

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This is a working diagram (backward only):

@startuml

|Swimlane1|
start
repeat :foo as starting label;
  :read data;
  :generate diagrams;
backward:This is backward;
repeat while (more data?)
|Swimlane1|

stop

@enduml

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Comments

I have hit the same issue. the backwards activity stays where it *would* be if I didn't switch to a different lane.

Answer 1

Same problem here, I tested with my plantuml latest container and from plantuml server online. Any plans to fix this shortly?

Any workarounds?

thanks,

dani

Comments

Thanks for the feedback.

This should be fixed with last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar and on the online server.

Tell us if you find other issues!