WBS - Use multiline text with "Change direction" feature

Question

in WBS diagrams, I believe there may be a bug (or perhaps it's a feature request?) to use multiline text in combination with the "Change direction" feature.  I.e. Using the text below causes  a syntax error.  Removing the < and > make it ok.

@startwbs
* Root
**<:Line 1
Line 2;
**>:Line 3
Line 4;
@endwbs

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks.  Brian

Comments

[Just for the record]

See pseudo similar issue/request [but for Mindmap] here:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/11843/using-multiline-node-with-sided-mindmap-nodes

Regards,
Th.

Answer 1

Hi B.,

Thank for the report.

With next release (v1.2025.8), it will be now fixed:

@startwbs
* Root
**<:Line 1
Line 2;
**>:Line 3
Line 4;
@endwbs

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

Answer 2

After some experimenting, I could only come up with the "\n method".  It works (except for the slightly annoying offset from the root to the second level).

@startwbs
* Root
**> Line 1A\nLine 1B
***> Right R2A\nRight R2B
****> Right R3A\nRight R3B
***< Left L2A\nLeft L2B
****< Left L3A\nLeft L3B
@endwbs