Please provide a skinparam to change the border style of a rectangle

Question

I would like to change the border style of a rectangle within a skinparam block.

I've tried this, but it doesn't work.

skinparam rectangle {
    BorderColor<<Software System>> ##[dashed]Green
}

Answer 1

Right now,  you cannot define dashed rectangle. This only applies to links.

The only setting available beside colors is "round corner".

Working example:

@startuml
skinparam rectangle {
    BorderColor Blue
    BorderColor<<Software System>> Green
    RoundCorner<<Software System>> 25
}
rectangle rect1<<Software System>>
rectangle rect2

rect1 -[dashed]-> rect2
@enduml

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We might improve this in the future, but it's difficult to find a nice syntax. Ideas welcome!

Regards,

Comments

great job, many thanks, now I can experiment with making some aws diagrams per milo-minderbinder https://github.com/milo-minderbinder/AWS-PlantUML but with the dashed borders people have come to expect.

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Is it possible to apply a dashed border to a single rectangle without the << stereotype >> language appearing in the rectangle?

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Use            hide stereotype         and         show <<my_stereotype>> stereotype

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borderStyle dashed doesn't seem to be working in recent plantuml versions (e.g. 1.2021.7). Was it actually added to mainline builds?

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Hello @rd27,

• What "doesn't seem to be working" ?

For example, here is the output (on v1.2021.11b):

But a better solution nowadays is to use [beta-]style...
Regards,
Th.