JP, do I read your post correctly that you are asking about the Graph view, not Diagram? If so, there is an icon on the top of the Graph view that allows you to lay out the graph horizontally or vertically.
-- Scott On Dec 3, 5:00 pm, Holger Knublauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi JP, > > the class diagram viewer is inspired by UML, where class diagrams are > typically laid out with the root classes on the top. See examples at > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_diagram > > I have noted a feature request for some future version, to have a > button to switch orientation of the layout to horizontal - thanks for > the suggestion. > > Holger > > On Dec 3, 2008, at 2:20 PM, jp wrote: > > > > > I searched on "graph layout" and "graph direction" and found no hits > > on this, so if it's been discussed before please forgive me. > > > I would like graphs laid out left-to-right -- flipped across the > > vertical axis relative to the current layout. Having used many > > ontology graphers, starting with the Grapher package on the Xerox > > 1108/9, and including the NIKL and ISI graphers, and having built a > > few myself, all of the ones I've seen, used, or built have the root at > > the left and subclasses extending to the right. > > > This may seem minor, but it's got a very Through-the-Looking-Glass > > feeling to me, and is so counter-intuitive that I'm not sure I want to > > try to adjust my thinking unless it's absolutely necessary. > > > Is there any way to reverse the direction of the layout? It should be > > a matter of taking the max X coordinate for the current logical layout > > and subtracting the X coordinate of each layout element from that -- > > at least that's the way the ISI grapher and the Interlisp-D grapher > > handled it (although since the default was left-to-right, this was to > > get a right-to-left layout). > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TopBraid Composer Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/topbraid-composer-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
