Cannot align in Sequence Diagram (Send to back or Bring to Front)

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Linh Dang

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Feb 2, 2015, 4:16:22 PM2/2/15
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Hi, 

I cannot align interaction fragment in StartUML in 2.0.1, neither "Send To Back" or "Bring to Front" work


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StarUML

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Feb 3, 2015, 2:46:12 AM2/3/15
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Hi Linh,

You mean "Combined Fragment"? It is always on the top of Lifelines and Messages but it is transparent so we don't understand why "Send to Back" or "Bring to Front" is required?.
Could you explain why is it needed in more detail? (Please attach image if possible).

Thanks,
StarUML Team

2015년 2월 3일 화요일 오전 6시 16분 22초 UTC+9, Linh Dang 님의 말:

Linh Dang

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Feb 3, 2015, 4:18:45 AM2/3/15
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Hi,

Thank for your response.

Please find the screenshot in the attachment. The "Price Asset" ref should be able to place on top of message timeline


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StarUML

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Feb 3, 2015, 8:12:11 AM2/3/15
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Thank you for uploading your image. There was a problem on z-Index (Layer priority) of InteractionFragments. It will be fixed in the next release.

Thanks,
StarUML Team

2015년 2월 3일 화요일 오후 6시 18분 45초 UTC+9, Linh Dang 님의 말:
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brian.mu...@gmail.com

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Feb 2, 2016, 11:04:56 AM2/2/16
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There is still a problem with the z-order.  "Send to Back" and "Bring to Front" does nothing on a Combined Fragment.

Also, the guard text of the Operand remains at the back but should be at the front even if the Combined Fragment lies at the back (i.e. it should have a separate z-order)

Tried Version 2.6.0 and 2.5.1

Screenshot is attached.

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StarUML

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Feb 4, 2016, 3:14:54 AM2/4/16
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Hi,

Currently, messages are always appears at the front of other elements in sequence diagram. Internally, messages have z-order=1 and others have z-order=0. "Send to Back", "Bring to Front" only works between elements having same z-order value. Setting z-order of combined fragment to 2 will not solve the problem, because messages behind the combined fragment will not selectable by mouse clicking. Sorry, we need a lot of time to fix this problem.

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StarUML Team


2016년 2월 3일 수요일 오전 1시 4분 56초 UTC+9, brian.mu...@gmail.com 님의 말:

Damo Armo

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Jan 23, 2018, 5:51:41 AM1/23/18
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Has this issue ever been fixed?

I have the same problem using v2.8.1 on Windows 10 whereby Combined Fragments always appear underneath the timeline objects.  I've embedded and image so the results can be seen.

Damo Armo

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Jan 24, 2018, 4:23:13 AM1/24/18
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Further to this, I have noticed that the issue is more likely with the action/behavior execution of the timeline object rather than the Combined Fragment itself.  The action/behavior execution seems to take precedence over all other elements on the sequence diagram.  It's very frustrating and means the tool is unusable at the moment.

StarUML

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Jan 24, 2018, 9:25:54 PM1/24/18
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Hello Damo,

Thank you for your feedback. The problem is caused by mismatch drawing precedence with selection precedences. If the messages are behind the Combined Fragment, then the messages cannot be selected by mouse. It's a quite complicated problem in implementation perspective. Anyway, we will try to find clean way to fix the problem as soon as possible.

Thanks,
StarUML Team


2018년 1월 24일 수요일 오후 6시 23분 13초 UTC+9, Damo Armo 님의 말:

Damo “damo78” Armo

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Jan 26, 2018, 5:03:02 AM1/26/18
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Thank you for your prompt response.

It seems you can manipulate the Combined Fragment along the Z-order so that it is in-from my of the messages or behind and access to the Combined Fragment vs. the messages is fine. The issue seems to be with the action/behaviour execution lines that sit on top of the timeline objects. These always take precedence over the Combined Fragment operandi which make the sequence diagrams unreadable.

Do you have any rough-order timescale for when you think this could be resolved? The issue seems to be years old and I have only weeks to evaluate this tool against others for use here at William Hill, and currently this issue renders the tool unusable in the organisation.
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StarUML

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Jan 27, 2018, 2:32:23 AM1/27/18
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It's so hard to explain why it's not a simple problem in implementation aspect. (Message and Activation are always move together, cannot be separated in our architecture at this time), So unfortunately we can't guarantee when it can re resolved at this time.

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StarUML Team

2018년 1월 26일 금요일 오후 7시 3분 2초 UTC+9, Damo Armo 님의 말:
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roque...@gmail.com

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Sep 30, 2018, 3:44:39 AM9/30/18
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Is it not possible to make the rectangle transparent? It would be a simple solution.
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Niels Bertram

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Mar 6, 2019, 2:52:15 AM3/6/19
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Also a deal breaker for me. I need to be able to show the text of combined fragments on diagrams. Any feedback a year later on whether this will ever get fixed? Thanks Niels

StarUML

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Mar 6, 2019, 8:38:50 AM3/6/19
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This issue is resolved in v3.1.0 release.

Thanks,
StarUML Team

2019년 3월 6일 수요일 오후 4시 52분 15초 UTC+9, Niels Bertram 님의 말:

Yehor Yekaterynin

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Apr 12, 2020, 10:27:21 AM4/12/20
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Have the same problem with "frame" element in activity diagram, can't move it in front. My system is windows 10. Staruml version is 3.2.2 . Also i can't find any description about frame element at starumldocs activity diagram section.

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