💡Feature Idea: Clearly show connector overlaps/jumps/hops

pjohnston
pjohnston ✭
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As a user I want overlapping connector lines to be clearly distinguished so there's no confusion when tracing connections in a complicated workflow. Right now there is a (small) risk that overlapping lines get confused and I might mix up the path from point A to point B (and end up at point C instead).

Something like this:

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Seems like it would significantly reduce questions or confusion when collaborating on a workflow. I do have cases where I need a branch, and quickly seeing if something is a branch (leading to multiple targets) or an overlap/hop would reduce the time-to-read the diagram.

This example is a touch extreme, but shows the issue I have with the current setup in Mural.

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Not sure if I've missed something, but searching the help site, community, and just general search engine results didn't seem to touch on this.

Thank you.

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  • manuel
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    I suppose, a workaround with different colours for the connections or a different line type (dotted e.g.) wouldn't solve your request?

  • pjohnston
    pjohnston ✭

    @manuel - I have been doing that for the time being, and it works for the most part. In some complex diagrams there are cases where even those lines cross.

    Ideally a "connector" can be smart enough to know when it's crossing another line and show that in a simple fashion without user input.

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