I'm not sure if this is technically possible, but an import/export to Visios format would be killer
We already have import from Visio, it's going into the next release.
What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
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Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#12One small think I often use in Visio: Ctrl-d (duplicate).
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Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#13I can't figure out how do connections work. It worked twice for me when the connection types dropdown was open. Then it stopped working completely... or maybe I'm doing something different now. Anyways - the connections dropdown doesn't behave like a button (can't leave it pressed after I choose the type). The other connection button doesn't seem to do much either since I can drag items around when it's pressed. Don'…
If you press and drag the mouse right button out from near the center of any shape, the connection will appear. On the iPad, press and hold on a shape to start it. Yeah, the grid, we had this discussion yesterday, it's actually "snap", so your shapes snap to a grid without it being visible. But yes, we're going to make the grid visible by default next release.
Ok - it works with left button for me... I wonder if it can be made more discoverable though :) or at least shown in some tips at the start, or something similar...
Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#14I might have missed the option, but a way to import additional images / vectors would be nice. Either just an upload or a creative-commons image search. Also, real-time editing with other users would be superb. Nice work!
Real-time editing with other users is in development, probably released in 5-6 weeks.
You can technically put your own images in nodes currently, but the UI isn't explicit about how to do it. If you right click on a node, select format->style, the style string of the shape comes up. So pasting in "shape=image;image=http://www.jgraph.com/images/plug-image.png (not the quotes) puts a pretty plug in there.
But yes, you're quite right, we need to expose an easy way to do this on the UI
Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you press and drag the mouse right button out from near the center of any shape, the connection will appear. On the iPad, press and hold on a shape to start it. Yeah, the grid, we had this discussion yesterday, it's actually "snap", so your shapes snap to a grid without it being visible. But yes, we're going to make the grid visible by default next release.
Ok - it works with left button for me... I wonder if it can be made more discoverable though :) or at least shown in some tips at the start, or something similar...
Yup, good idea. Startup screen will contain explaination of basics in next release.
Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#16Export to some kind of vector format perhaps? I see it can already save to its own .xml representation, but something like .svg/.eps/.pdf would be great.
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#17This is a very good app. Will you support multi-user editing too?
Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#18Export to some kind of vector format perhaps? I see it can already save to its own .xml representation, but something like .svg/.eps/.pdf would be great.
7th button from left on top toolbar is export. In the little window that appears offers the option of SVG export. PDF, yeah, working on that. Thing is, we want everything client-side and we have full PDF export in JavaScript except for images with alpha channels (which of course a lot of images have). But certainly PDF export will appear in next few months.
Re: What one thing does this app need for you to dump Visio for it?
#19Looks good. One issue is that my intuition was to click on a shape, then click and drag in the middle of the white space in order to add it (like Microsoft autoshapes). Much clicking and double clicking later, I happened across the drag and drop concept you use, but I almost gave up assuming it was a bug.
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#20Where's the UML section? I need UML, I need flow diagrams, and I need to be able to link it to something like JIRA, Confluence or one of those types of products. If you can figure out a way to have whatever I produce hosted on an internal server so that I can link it to other software tools I'd love ya.
Currently, when using Visio, we have to up load, down load, and then recommit any changes. It's slow, frustrating, and makes my skin crawl.