Elbow connectors connect to the wrong spot when page is refreshed about cloudskew

[mithunshanbhag]

Hi @brtknr: This is a known issue with elbow connectors. Unfortunately, the fix is non-trivial and might also break backward compatibility with existing diagrams. Looking into this.

[brtkwr]

Whats the workaround? Do you recommend a different connector? Why is the elbow connector the default one if its broken?

[mithunshanbhag]

Unfortunately, no workarounds exist for this issue.
Curved connector and line connectors do not encounter this issue.

Background: The elbow connectors use an "aggressive" routing strategy to bypass existing shapes/text on the canvas. While the user can re-route the elbow connector, it accidentally defaults to the aggressive routing strategy on page refreshes (hence the bug).

Apologies for the bad experience, will do my best to fix this.

[brtkwr]

Thanks for looking into it. Please default to curved connectors until the issue is fixed at least (e.g. when you drag from the point of an icon to another one).

[mithunshanbhag]

Update: You can now attach connectors to:

• a specific dock on the symbol. OR
• the symbol itself.

The former will always stay attached to the specific dock, while the latter will dynamically route itself for the shortest path.

In below example, the yellow connector is attached to the symbol's dock, while the purple connector is attached to the symbol.

Note: This will only work for newer symbols loaded on the diagram canvas. Existing symbols (already on the canvas) will not be affected by this change.