Vertical line indicating milestones and current date & time

Question

Putting vertical lines indicating milestones and current date & time would be benefial!

Thanks,

Bengi

Answer 1

Hello B. and all,

Just FYI, a similar feature now exists since 2019-02 (in fact that's not a line, but a colored column), see this plantuml's answer:

• https://forum.plantuml.net/8890/gannt-highlight-today?show=8917#a8917

@startgantt
Project starts the 20th of september 2018
sunday are close
2018/09/21 to 2018/09/23 are colored in red
2018/09/21 to 2018/09/30 are named [Vacation in the Bahamas]

today is 30 days after start and is colored in #AAF
[Foo] happens 40 days after start
[Dummy] lasts 10 days and starts 10 days after start

@endgantt

or :

@startgantt
Project starts the 20th of september 2018
sunday are close
2018/09/21 to 2018/09/23 are colored in red
2018/09/21 to 2018/09/30 are named [Vacation in the Bahamas]
2018/10/01 and 2 days are colored in lightBlue
[Prototype design] as [TASK1] lasts 38 days
[TASK1] is colored in Lavender/LightBlue
[Prototype completed] happens at [TASK1]'s end
[Release of new album] happens at the 29th of September 2018

today is 2018/10/10 and is colored in #AAF

@endgantt

Note that by default "today" is set to the actual date, so you can also simply use:

today is colored in red

Enjoy,
If that can help,
Regards,
Th.