Camunda-modeler: Trouble with boundary event to activity loops

[benhoffmann]

It is this intended? And where is the arrow of the sequence flow?

[benhoffmann]

Hey @nikku ,

thanks for the hint with moving the boundary event somewhere else. This actually makes the situation better, even after placing the sequence flow.

I just figured out what I did in the gif: I am connecting the wrong end of the sequence flow to the task which results in something like this:

Conclusion: The sequence flow is not completely broken, but still it would be nice to improve the algorithm to provide better usability. Besides that - thanks for introducing this, it's a great feature!

• Ben

[philippfromme]

In the meantime, you can simply avoid placing boundary events in the middle of a shape. The algorithm isn't smart enough yet.

[barmac]

@benhoffmann Can you please let me know which of these two layouts would be preferable in your opinion? I added also the standard loop for comparison.

[benhoffmann]

I would say keep it similar to the standard loop - so the right alternative

[philippfromme]

I'd go for the version on the right. Savest option and the easiest to implement.

[barmac]

Great! Thank you for your feedback!

[nikku]

Right one :+1:

[barmac]

Second round ;)

[philippfromme]

Left. For the same reason.

[barmac]

And the last one...

[benhoffmann]

bottom left. sequence flows should never enter elements from the right

[barmac]

Thank you once more for your feedback :). This helped me a lot in preparing the PR.

[nikku]

Closed via https://github.com/camunda/camunda-modeler/pull/1404.