Shapemenu: Preceding Shape

Use-case: Fast modeling ("brain-dump") of an EPC.

E1,E2,E3 = Events
XOR = one XOR-connector

Desired EPC:
E1 -> XOR
E2 -> XOR
E3 -> XOR

Current situation:
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A shape has corrently three menus:

  t
l S r

(S=shape, l=left, r=right, t=top)

Currently, "l" offers cut/copy/delete.

Modeling flow:
(Syntax: <Shapename>: <Menu> -> <chosen action in the menu>)

1. Create E1
2. E1: r -> create XOR
3. Create E2
4. E2: r -> choose arrow and link to XOR
5. Create E3
6. E3: r -> choose arrow and link to XOR

Proposed situation:
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Shape S offers four menus:

  t
l S r
  b

t = as-is
r = as-is
l = possible previous shapes
b = cut/copy/delete

Modeling-Flow:

1. Create Event E1
2. E1: r -> create XOR
3. XOR: l -> create E2
4. XOR: l -> create E3

In additon, the proposed shape-menu-alignment is somehow more symmetric:
 * Right side of the shape: "future"/next activities
 * Left side of the shape: "past"/previous activities

Original issue reported on code.google.com by oliver.k...@gmail.com on 25 Nov 2008 at 10:15

venkatapathy / oryx-editor

Shapemenu: Preceding Shape #321