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UI code for Structurizr Lite, on-premises, and cloud service.
https://docs.structurizr.com/ui
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Add mouse wheel as a way to zoom into or out of sub-components. #35

Closed ets614 closed 11 months ago

ets614 commented 11 months ago

Description

Greetings,

New to the world of C4 diagramming, but really impressed how quickly I was able to get off-and-running with Structurizr in a matter of minutes and am very excited about this tool!

I have been getting the hang of driving and stepping-through the diagrams in the Structurizr UI via the keyboard shortcuts (https://structurizr.com/help/keyboard-shortcuts), and was wondering if ever considered getting the mouse wheel more involved for zooming in/out?

In particular the "dream" I have always had with diagramming in my career (as well as to go along with the C4 "maps of your code" Google Maps analogy) is UI effect where mouse-wheeling/zooming in towards a component explodes(?)/decomposes(?) it into its sub-components. Mouse-wheeling/zooming out doing the opposite.

(I think the additional key part to creating this map-zoom-in/out effect is ensuring all the other dependencies/entities remain in their original locations allowing the audience to maintain context. But probably outside scope of this feature request.)

Thoughts?

Regards, Evan

Priority

Low

Resolution

I have no budget and there's no rush, please add this feature for free

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simonbrowndotje commented 11 months ago

This was actually my original goal, but the implementation is a bit beyond me I'm afraid, particularly when you get past a handful of boxes and arrows. You might want to take a look at Ilograph as it has the sort of UI you're looking for ... you can use the Structurizr CLI's Ilograph export to convert a Structurizr workspace for use with the tool.

ets614 commented 11 months ago

Copy all. Thanks for the redirect! Very slick UI effects for Ilograph at least from the samples/demoes. Will hopefully get a chance to try it out more tomorrow.

Makes sense; kind of figured UIs like this take a while to make and still really like the portability/support Structurizr seems to offer; e.g. being able to bounce between other UIs like D2 as well.

Thank you again. Happy to close this issue if you want as think this will get me what I need for day 1.