https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120327
--- Comment #4 from Damian Hofmann <[email protected]> ---
Allow me to argue that this is still a (user experience) bug, not an
enhancement.
Having to draw connectors in a certain direction, just to have dashes line up,
isn't intuitive.
More so, because the connectors palette offers connectors with arrows. These
connectors must be drawn in a certain direction, to make the arrow appear at
the correct end. In my example (attachment), that direction is the opposite to
what would be required to make the dashes line up. From a usability point of
view, Draw gives no indications, at best, that the connector must be drawn in a
certain direction. At worst (as with arrow line ends) it gives
counter-intuitive indications.
Even if the user realizes that (unlikely), he then has to manually set the
arrows at the end of the connectors. If he starts with solid lines (default) -
using the "wrong" direction because of arrow heads" - and then changes the
stile to "dashed", the connectors would have to be completely redrawn. That's
poor UX.
IMHO it can't be expected of users to consider/anticipate all these aspects
when drawing connectors between boxes. Practically, as of now, it is impossible
for users to correctly draw that diagram. Technically, a workaround might
exists, but it's very much unlikely that users will figure that one out.
My conclusion: Still a bug, not an enhancement.
Maybe a simple rule would work: The gluepoint with the most connectors is the
start point. Would that work?
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