Re: feature request: horizontal/vertical lines

["Sameer Sahasrabuddhe" <sameerds gmail com>]

2008/12/21 Christian Ridderström <christian ridderstrom gmail com>:

>> Consider two boxes of the same size one below the other, with two
>> connectors on each side, i.e., each side is divided into three equal parts
>> by the connectors. If you want to connect the left connector on the bottom
>> of the top box, and the right connector on the top of the bottom box,
>> alignment is of no help. As a work around, what I do in this case is create
>> small anchor objects that I can align vertically, and then either delete
>> them or hide them somehow.
>
> I've used this approach as well, but I found it to be more work than
> snapping to the centre. Typically I'd use a line that I try to make
> invisible by setting it's colour to that of the foreground. I give the line
> the appropriate nmber of anchors, duplicate the line and snap the lines to
> the respective objects.
>
> PS. Is there a place to upload examples illustrating things like this?

A page here might be the right way to do it:
http://live.gnome.org/Dia

Sameer.
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