Configuring Custom Transition Line Appearance

Note:

Default transition line appearance settings for all process models are applied by Designer preferences. For more information, see Configuring Appearance Preferences.

You can configure custom transition line appearance for a single transition, or for all the transitions in the process, by configuring the line color, and the label text font, size, and color. You can also reset the connection path to its shortest routing, and whether the line type is straight, curved, or custom.

2. In the process editor, you can modify individual transition lines or all transition lines in the process.

Note:

The following actions for individual transition lines also apply to annotation link lines.

Click Change Line Shape to change the transition line characteristics (straight, curved, or custom).

Click Reset Connection Path to redraw the transition line path. This action determines the closest terminal points between the source and target steps and then draws the shortest connection path between them.

Click Show Properties, and on the Appearance page in the Properties view, modify the following appearance settings as required:

Field	Description
Font Style	Font name, size, variation (bold or italic), and color.
Line Color	Transition line color.
Connection Path	Click Reset to redraw the transition line path or paths. This action determines the closest terminal points between the source and target steps and then draws the shortest connection path between them.

Straight-line transitions are divided by inflection points. You can click and drag a point on the line to move the point. When you drop the inflection point, new points are created on the line segments surrounding it, enabling you to create as many segments as you need. This is useful for routing transition lines around other objects on the process editor's canvas.

You can reposition the transition label of a transition line. If the line is relocated for any reason, the label returns to its default position on the center of the line.

Note:

Any changes applied to all transition lines at the process level will also be applied to annotation link lines. See About Notes and Annotations for more information.

Click Change All Line Shapes to change the transition line shape (straight, curved, or custom) for all transition lines in the process model.

Click Reset All Connection Paths to redraw all transition line paths in the process model. This action determines the closest terminal points between the source and target steps and then draws the shortest connection path between them.