Vertical Alignment of States in State Diagram with a transition from bottom to top state

Question

Hello,

I have this diagram (simplified example):

@startuml Example

state a
state b
state c
state d

a -d-> b
b -d-> c
c -d-> d

d --> a

@enduml

which produces this rendering:

Is there a way to force the states to be underneath each other, without floating to the left, and the arrow from d to a to curve around the right side?

Thank you very much for your input.

Answer 1

If you use -> instead of --> it comes out in a straight line albeit horizontally

@startuml
state a
state b
state c
state d

a -> b
b -> c
c -> d
d -> a

@enduml

Comments

Hello T., and A.,

Then here is the vertical version, using `left to right direction`:

@startuml
left to right direction
state a
state b
state c
state d

a -> b
b -> c
c -> d
d -> a
@enduml

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

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Or, on the good order:

@startuml
left to right direction
state a
state b
state c
state d

b -> c
c -> d
d -> a
a -> b
@enduml

Enjoy,
Regards,
Th.

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Thank you both; this helped me tremendously.