Anchor Duration not being shown

Question

I have the following text but the intended duration between start and end ('Not in sync') isn't showing:

@startuml
hide footbox
title Sequence

note over PA : cue pressed
note over PA : play pressed

{start} PA -> PIS : send mpl with timings
activate PIS
activate PA #RED

PIS -> PIS: MPL->PL Conversion
PIS -> PR: combined cue / load AP request
{end} PR <--> PA:
activate PR#GREEN
note right of PR: playlist running, in sync with PA
{start} <-> {end} : Not in sync

@enduml

Answer 1

Hi T.,

FYI, in order to use anchor, you must to use "!pragma teoz true", as:

@startuml
!pragma teoz true

hide footbox
title Sequence

note over PA : cue pressed
note over PA : play pressed


{start} PA -> PIS : send mpl with timings
activate PIS
activate PA #RED

PIS -> PIS: MPL->PL Conversion
PIS -> PR: combined cue / load AP request
{end} PR <--> PA:

activate PR#GREEN
note right of PR: playlist running, in sync with PA

{start} <-> {end} : Not\nin\nsync

@enduml

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

Comments

thanks -  what is teoz ? Also is there a way to move the anchor more to the left so the text doesn't clash with the participant box ?

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Hi T.,

For doc. see:

• https://plantuml.com/teoz

For anchor/duration displaying, and similar request/issue see:

• https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/issues/299#issuecomment-1662440757

And for your case, here is a minimal workaround: add just some '\t', as:

{start} PA -> PIS : send mpl with timings \t\t

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

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fantastic - thanks