Is it true that "note over" in Sequence Diagram can only handle two party ? How to make it work?

asked Mar 13, 2013 in Closed question / help by anonymous

note over A, B: This is OK.. note over A, B, C: This shows "Syntax Error?"

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1 Answer

answered Mar 13, 2013 by plantuml (295,000 points)

Hello,

You can use note over A,C : foo

Regards,

commented Mar 13, 2013 by anonymous

How to get it work on *more than* 2 party ?
"note over A,B,C: foo" doesn't work.....
Thanks

commented Mar 13, 2013 by plantuml (295,000 points)

You can try:

@startuml
participant A
participant B
participant C
note over A,C : foo
@enduml
Regards,

commented Nov 6, 2013 by rmric (2,140 points)

This workaround is alright most of the time.

However sometime, you may want to span only over certain party, and not the others. Besides, it breaks compatibility with wsd syntax.

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