Hide unused participants in sequence diagrams

asked Mar 2, 2016 in Wanted features by naresh_pallam (180 points)

Hi

Is there a way to hide unused participans in sequence diagram ?

Example:

participant A
participant B
participant C

A--> B: hallo

In above example I don't want empty C block in the sequence diagram.

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1 Answer

answered Mar 4, 2016 by plantuml (264,940 points)

It's note very documented, but you can have:

@startuml
hide unlinked
participant Alice
participant Bob
participant Other
Alice -> Bob : hello
@enduml

Is this what you are looking for ?

commented Mar 5, 2016 by naresh_pallam (180 points)

Thanks . This is what i'm looking for.

commented Jun 8, 2017 by anonymous

Can I focus view on several Participant and hide others ?
It takes us easily for certian participant to check thery own sequence and messages.

commented Dec 4, 2021 by emalware (240 points)

does not work when there is multiple pages

commented Dec 4, 2021 by The-Lu (37,800 points)

Hello E.,

not work when there is multiple pages

Yes, see those defects:

Regards.

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