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Bug 352097

Summary:	Better support for layout - provide standard layouts
Product:	[Modeling] Graphiti	Reporter:	Michael Wenz <michael.wenz>
Component:	Core	Assignee:	Project Inbox <graphiti-inbox>
Status:	ASSIGNED ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	P4	CC:	Alfredo.Bencomo, buschcobolt, cagiva851, mailtonex, sgandon
Version:	0.8.0	Flags:	michael.wenz: juno-
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
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Description Michael Wenz

2011-07-14 10:34:02 EDT

Graphiti should support standard layouts as e.g. SWT or Swing do:
PI Tools: Support of grid layout etc. We want to align similar semantical objects in the same "column".
JPA Editor: rectangular, hexagonal, circular layout, also on selection only, also only shapes and/or relations
This means Graphiti should provide layouting algorithm for shapes

Comment 1 Michael Wenz

2011-07-14 10:34:27 EDT

Requested by PI Tools and JPA Editor

Comment 2 Michael Wenz

2011-07-14 10:36:13 EDT

First step: clarify how much tools would benefit from this (use JPA editor as example)

Comment 3 Sébastien Gandon

2011-09-09 05:55:06 EDT

I am working on a basic form editor using graphiti, and I would definitively be happy to find a basic layout implementation such as flow layout.
This would definitely be a plus.

Comment 4 Christian B

2011-09-23 07:36:47 EDT

I would also be very interested in such a feature. I think every Editor which uses automatic layout profits therefrom.

Comment 5 Michael Wenz

2011-11-23 08:54:18 EST

Will not come in Juno timeframe for lack of capacity (huge topic)

Comment 6 Tim E.

2012-12-18 12:41:17 EST

I'm also very interested in this feature.

Is there a plan, when this will be part of Graphiti?

Is there any workaround available at the moment, except of creating a LayoutFeature from scratch?

Comment 7 Michael Wenz

2012-12-19 01:58:40 EST

There are currently no concrete plans for this feature and it is definitly out of scope for Kepler, simply due to capacity limitations. Nevertheless, I would also rate this as a very interesting new feature.

Currently the only option is to build a layout feature or to use the eased approach with the ID pattern.