SequenceDiagram - Add a way to draw empty space between statements

[Banger]

Possible solutions:

• Add a new keyword: e.g. space X X being the number of pixels/lines/whatever of space to leave empty before the next message. This is my favored approach, even without the X parameter.
• Add a "no line" line type and put spaces as the message. e.g. Alice -- John:. Bonus: it could serve to add different type of "note" not in a box: Alice -- John: After this we Rock
• Add an option to the note keyword to not display in a box. Then use a note with spaces and no box

I know the "style" of notes could probably be changed to do that, but it would do it for the whole diagram, which is not what I want.

[benb-petaf]

Came looking for this functionality.

[lizziemac]

You could add <br/> to the subsequent step at the very beginning for a workaround in the meantime:

john-->>-alice: <br/><br/>Yeah!

[bpernetupgrade]

@lizziemac adding <br/> at the beginning or at the end of a message does not seem to be supported. It gives me an error.

[obondarenko1]

That would be a really helpful functionality!

[lizziemac]

Hi @bpernetupgrade @obondarenko1! it appears to be working in the following examples without error (hit the copy icon to see the source code, or click the link). My one complaint is that the one with the sidebars also has an extended bar where the newlines are

with arrows/sidebars

sequenceDiagram
    Alice->>+John: Hello John, how are you?
    Alice->>+John: John, can you hear me?
    John-->>-Alice: <br/><br/>Hi Alice, I can hear you!
    John-->>-Alice: I feel great!

simple

sequenceDiagram
    Alice->John: Hello John, how are you?
    Alice->John: John, can you hear me?
    John->Alice: <br/><br/>Hi Alice, I can hear you!
    John->Alice: I feel great!

[bpernetupgrade]

@lizziemac ah! interesting, I use the gliffy integration, that must be the reason it's not working 😢