Stereotyped multi-line notes on messages

Question

For sequence diagrams I would like to use stereotyped multi-line notes on messages., e.g. like so:

Alice -> Bob: message()

note<<myStyle>> left
... note text
end note

But this does not work and I get syntax errors. However this works:

Alice -> Bob: message()

note<<myStyle>> over Alice
... note text
end note

Is there any way to make it also work for message notes?

Thx,
Linus

Answer 1

Thanks for the report.

This should be fixed in last beta http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar

The following example is now working for us:

@startuml
Alice -> Bob: message()

skinparam noteBackgroundColor blue
skinparam noteBackgroundColor<<myStyle>> red

note <<myStyle>> left
... note text
end note

@enduml

Tell us if it's not what you were expecting

Comments

Many thanks for the fix. The note is now appearing aligned with the message. There is only a small glitch: the stereotype is ignored somehow and the note shows a blue background, but it should be red in your example. If you use "note <<myStyle>>  over Alice" instead, it is red.

Regards,
Linus

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You're 100% right! I don't know how we miss this one.

Fixed in newly beta4 http://beta.plantuml.net/plantuml.jar
Thanks again, and do not hesitate to post again when you'll find some more issues.

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Perfect! Many Thanks!