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Move existing Shapes to new ContainerShape [message #1407283]

Tue, 12 August 2014 04:48

Eclipse User

Hey there,

I am quite new to Graphiti and have some problems with the following task:

I would like to take existing Shapes (representing e.g. a process) and create a new ContainerShape which hold these as child elements
(representing e.g. a new subprocess consisting of the processes selected earlier)

My current approach:
1. use a copyFeature to copy the elements to the clipboard
2. remove all selected elements from the diagram
3. create a new containerShape ("parent") inside the diagram
4. add a new inactive shape inside "parent" for all elements currently on the clipboard
5. create a deap copy of all the clipboard elements to one of the newly created shapes
(since I haven't found a way to assign the original elements here)
6. use an addFeature to put the parent onto the diagram

Is there an easier way to do this? The result should look something like this:

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Re: Move existing Shapes to new ContainerShape [message #1407439 is a reply to message #1407283]

Tue, 12 August 2014 11:50

Eclipse User

That sounds like an awful lot of work Wink

Why can't you just:
1. create the new container
2. use a MoveShapeFeature to move the children to their new container parent

Re: Move existing Shapes to new ContainerShape [message #1407676 is a reply to message #1407439]

Wed, 13 August 2014 03:33

Eclipse User

Hey Robert,

thanks for your answer.

The MoveFeature is also one of the features I wanted to implement anyway.

But my aim is to provide a CustomFeature, which can create this parent shape and move the selected shapes and connections inside.

Btw: Is there a way to gather all Connections associated with selected shapes?

Re: Move existing Shapes to new ContainerShape [message #1407768 is a reply to message #1407676]

Wed, 13 August 2014 08:09

Eclipse User

You can still invoke your Move Feature from within the Custom Feature.
To collect all connections of a shape, you can use Graphiti.getPeService().getAllConnections(AnchorContainer)

Re: Move existing Shapes to new ContainerShape [message #1407818 is a reply to message #1407768]

Wed, 13 August 2014 10:20

Eclipse User

Thanks again for your help Smile

.

I will try to realize my CustomFeature using a MoveFeature.

If I have to face further difficulties, I will post here again.

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