ranksep not working for activity diagram

Question

I am trying to use `ranksep` to adjust vertical spacing in my activity diagram, but it does not seem to change anything. The same is true for `nodesep` in horizontal direction.

Is this intentional? A missing feature?

Is there any other way to adjust vertical spacing?

Comments

Hello O,

FYI, is it intentional: It comes from graphviz. And as Activity diagram does not use graphviz, the parameter is without effect.

Then @PlantUML team, for that, a wanted feature will be:

• Could you manage Margin on style for Activity Diagram?

@startuml
<style>
activityDiagram {
  activity {
    Padding 5
    Margin 30
  }
}
</style>
:a a a a a a;
:b b b b b b;
:a a a a a a;
@enduml

Padding seems to be OK. But not Margin... 

See also:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/11590/how-to-reduce-space-between-wbs-items

Thanks for your works...

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

Answer 1

Hello O,

A possible workaround is to use 'dummy label', as:

@startuml
:a a a a a a;
->\n\n\n\n;
:b b b b b b;
:a a a a a a;
@enduml

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.