Mermaid: Hexagon shape in mermaid flowchart?

[pi314]

According to the document, there are 6 shapes available (one found from the issues):
[box]
(rounded box)
((circle))
>flag-like box]
{rhombus or diamond}
(-oval-)

Is that possible to draw a hexagon in flowchart?

Normally, a flowchart uses diamond shape to represent a condition, but when the description text grows, the diamond becomes very very large. So I always use hexagons instead.

[dotancohen]

+1
This is a very valid request and I hope to see it implemented. As is, Mermaid currently makes poor use of space in general but the huge rhombi make the conditional statements very difficult to use.

I've also used hexagons in the past and they are understood by anybody familiar with conventional flowchart shape syntax.

[fzzylogic]

Drakon flattened the rhombus and got to space with that.

[airbj31]

It would be wonderful if we can use various shapes.
e.g. https://www.conceptdraw.com/How-To-Guide/flowchart-design

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[fzzylogic]

@stale, flattened hexagons rule.

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[dotancohen]

@Stale, flattened hexagons rule.

[knsv]

This should be fairly easy to implement. How so you think the syntax should be for the hexagon?

When implementing this, don't forget:

• Add examples in the documentation under docs
• Add an e2e tests for this

[mearns]

Making some pretty quick progress on this, should have a completed PR in a few days.

[IOrlandoni]

Resolved on #970