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Created on Jan 8, 2025

Bug: Whiteboard "show dependency lines" inherits the last connector start/end selections, causing inaccurate visualization

What is the challenge?

Say I've created a dependency link between Feature-A and Feature-B where the record says Feature-B "depends on" Feature-A and Feature-A "is a dependency of" Feature-B.

When I turn on "show dependency lines" on a whiteboard, the lines drawn seem to maintain the connector start/end selections of the last line I drew rather than applying the correct directional connector arrow to match the relationship being drawn.

For example, when I turn on "show dependency lines" on a whiteboard with Feature-A and Feature-B, if the last connector line I had edited had an arrow as the connector start and no symbol on the connector end, then the dependency line is drawn with the arrow pointing from A to B with a label of "Depends on", which is the opposite of the actual dependency relationship.

What is the impact?

Dependency lines might be auto-drawn and labeled incorrectly if the last manually configured line had connector start/end selections that don't match the direction of the auto-drawn lines.

I need to manually remove or correct the labels or connector start/end selections on all of the lines, at which point the "show dependency lines" feature is no longer time saving and I'm better off just drawing the lines manually.

Describe your idea

Minimum fix: Ensure the auto-drawn dependency lines always use to correct directional connector start/end shapes for the relationship being drawn. (i.e. "A blocks B" and "A is a dependency of B" should be drawn with A pointing to B, but "B depends on A" should be drawn with B pointing to A).

Feature idea: Provide controls to let the user quickly choose / switch which direction of dependency they want generated on the whiteboard. (i.e. I want to quickly change all the arrows from "depends on" to "is a dependency of").

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