"activate" block after a "note" starts *before* the note?

Question

The following does not render how I would expect:

note over A
activate A

The activation line starts *before* the note. If that behaviour was desired I would reverse the order of the items. Expected behaviour?

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use a dummy hidden line like this:

@startuml
Bob -> Alice : hello
note over Alice: aaaaaaaaaaaaa
Alice -[hidden]-> :
Activate Alice
@enduml

Comments

Thanks Serge, that workaround does what I want. Is the [hidden] tag documented somewhere?

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Hello,
Yes and No. In the pdf documentation, you find at chapter 1.6 (Change arrow color) and chapter 3.26 (Help on layout) the "hidden"
Hope this helps