Submitted by getloaded on 18 August 2009 - 2:18pm.
Yes, I'd like to second this request. Being able to just move the relation line's attachment point to each entity would work fine, if that's easier for you to implement.
Submitted by muunkky on 3 November 2009 - 10:32pm.
Hi There,
I can start using your software not that lines are move-able! yay :)
There is still more to be done on this though. Here are some of my thoughts for future work that could make Schemabank more useable.
1) Moving relationship names.
Relationship names don't move with the relationship lines so it gets messy when you move lines around and its annoying to have to move the relationship names every time.
It would be nice to have them move automatically with the relationship lines.
2) Hide/show relationship names
Relationship names make a lot of clutter and honestly I don't often name them so they stay as "Relationship1" "Relationship2"... etc. It would be nice to be able to hide them completely so I can ignore the relationship names in the diagram.
3) Expand/close entity
Every time I expand or close an entity it moves my relationship lines again.
I like all the changes to the interface so far. However I'm having a problem where relationship lines do not touch the entities. There are large gaps between the entity box and the crow's feet of the relationship... sometimes a few inches.
The problem is that the relationship lines think that the entity is as wide as the longest attribute name.
So let's say the entity name is "Banana" and I collapse the entity to only show the entity name, but I have an attribute called "monkey.banana_configuration_alpha", the relationship line thinks the entity should be as wide as the length of this attribute.
Comments
adjusting relation lines
yes, we are planning to support this pretty soon.
thanks for your input!
cheers :)
Yes, I'd like to second this
Yes, I'd like to second this request. Being able to just move the relation line's attachment point to each entity would work fine, if that's easier for you to implement.
almost finished
that should be on the production server in a week or two.
:)
Thank you for doing that - it
Thank you for doing that - it will be a huge help!
Waiting with bated breath...
Waiting with bated breath...
sorry for the waiting
it should be on the production server by Mon / Tue.
Karl - Thank you very much
Karl - Thank you very much for getting this done for everyone. It will make a huge difference in the usability of the product.
It's finally there
Movable relationship line:
1. you can move all three parts of an orthogonal line
2. you can also move the name of the relationship
It's available to both new and existing projects.
Let us know if you have any questions.
Cheers :)
Yes I just tried it - What a
Yes I just tried it - What a huge upgrade! This really makes the software much more usable now. Thank you!
Still needs improvement
Hi There,
I can start using your software not that lines are move-able! yay :)
There is still more to be done on this though. Here are some of my thoughts for future work that could make Schemabank more useable.
1) Moving relationship names.
Relationship names don't move with the relationship lines so it gets messy when you move lines around and its annoying to have to move the relationship names every time.
It would be nice to have them move automatically with the relationship lines.
2) Hide/show relationship names
Relationship names make a lot of clutter and honestly I don't often name them so they stay as "Relationship1" "Relationship2"... etc. It would be nice to be able to hide them completely so I can ignore the relationship names in the diagram.
3) Expand/close entity
Every time I expand or close an entity it moves my relationship lines again.
Sure thing!
Thanks for your feedback!
1. This has been implemented and will be seen in production in a couple of days.
2. Good idea indeed, we'd love to implement that.
3. We will put some thought on how to make the expand/ collapse thing friendlier to relationship lines.
:)
Great!
looking forward to it!
I like all the changes to the
I like all the changes to the interface so far. However I'm having a problem where relationship lines do not touch the entities. There are large gaps between the entity box and the crow's feet of the relationship... sometimes a few inches.
Actually, this doesn't seem
Actually, this doesn't seem to be that big of a problem. After collapsing and opening them all this seems to have disappeared.
Figured it out! The problem
Figured it out!
The problem is that the relationship lines think that the entity is as wide as the longest attribute name.
So let's say the entity name is "Banana" and I collapse the entity to only show the entity name, but I have an attribute called "monkey.banana_configuration_alpha", the relationship line thinks the entity should be as wide as the length of this attribute.
Thanks for your help in
Thanks for your help in pinning down the problem.
We are looking at the source codes and will fix it soon.
Cheers!