Is it possible to hide the name of an element?

Question

Hi,

Firstly, great job on this tool, I love it!

Here is my question : Is it possible to hide the name of an element? (especially for a nestable one)

I tried 

queue noname as ""{

  component withname

}

but that returns an error

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hello all,

To continue, with the Kirchsth's answer...

Here are some workarounds:

With nested link, using Unicode null: 

@startuml
queue "<U+0000>" as noname {
  component withname
}

component "Component A" as A
A -> withname
@enduml

Without nested link, using sub-diagram:

@startuml
queue q [
{{
  component withname
}}
]

component "Component A" as A
A -> q
@enduml

If that can help,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

<U+0000> is a nice trick 

---

nice one thanks!

Answer 2

I couldn't fix it with empy string, but with a space it works.

Your alias has to be after as

@startuml
queue " " as nomen {

  component withname

}

component "Component A" as A
A -> nomen
@enduml

BR Helmut