How to Combine !pragma useVerticalIf on and !pragma useVerticalIf off ?

Question

Hi,

@startuml
!pragma useVerticalIf on
start
if (condition A) then (yes)
  :Text 1;
elseif (condition B) then (yes)
  :Text 2;
  stop
elseif (condition C) then (yes)
  :Text 3;
elseif (condition D) then (yes)
  :Text 4;
else (nothing)
  :Text else;
endif

!pragma useVerticalIf off

if (condition A) then (yes)
  :Text 1;
elseif (condition B) then (yes)
  :Text 2;
  stop
elseif (condition C) then (yes)
  :Text 3;
elseif (condition D) then (yes)
  :Text 4;
else (nothing)
  :Text else;
endif
stop
@enduml

 !pragma useVerticalIf off overrides !pragma useVerticalIf on

Best Regards,

Kasra

Comments

Just for traceability, see also those pseudo/similar wanted feature:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/15395/horizontal-vertical-conditional-structure-activity-diagram
• https://forum.plantuml.net/14649/how-to-combine-horizontal-and-vertical-if-structure
• https://forum.plantuml.net/13657/useverticalif-command-specific-conditional-structure-globally
• https://forum.plantuml.net/14944/can-a-vertical-if-be-applied-not-globally-but-per-each-if

Regards.

Answer 1

Hi,

You are right they are similar.

I just hope every 6 months ;-) but It seems that I am the only one who thinks that It would be a great feature.

Best Regards,

Kasra