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PlantUML Pleasantness: Layout Elements With Hidden Lines

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Hubert Klein Ikkink

In a previous post we learned how to use a together block to keep elements together. We can also layout elements in a different way: using hidden lines. We define our elements and by using the keyword [hidden] in our line definition the elements are layout as if there was a line, but we don’t see it. This gives us great flexibility on how we layout our elements.

In the following sample we first have a PlantUML definition where we rely on the default layout:

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