Table of contents
- Create flowchart
- Edit flowchart
- Edit swim lanes
- Edit flowchart symbols
- Link Q.wiki page in flowchart symbol
- Link flowchart symbols with arrows
- Flowchart editor functions (from left to right)
- FAQ's about flowcharts
Create flowchart
- Switch to the editor to edit a page
- Place the cursor at the desired place for the flowchart
- Create flowchart button
Edit flowchart
Double-click on the diagram to open the flowchart editor
Edit swim lanes
The individual columns are the swim lanes. One swimming lane is created per organizational role.
- Add swim lane: select on swim lane icon (topmost) in the left sidebar.
- Remove a swimming lane:
- Select swimming lane and press Remove button.
- Right click on swimming lane, select Delete in context menu.
- Rename swim lane: Select swimming lane and type in new title
- Swap the order of the swimming lanes: Move the swimming lane to the desired position using Drag&Drop.
- Resize the swimming lane: Select the swimming lane, change the size by dragging and dropping the blue points that appear.
Edit flowchart symbols
- Insert flowchart symbol: drag and drop from the sidebar into the diagram.
- Change flowchart symbol: drag and drop the desired symbol onto an existing symbol.
- Delete flowchart symbol:
- Select symbol and press Remove button.
- Right click on symbol, select Delete in context menu.
- Name/rename flowchart symbol: Select symbol and type new name.
- Note: No automatic line break is inserted for long words - use hyphen for manual line break.
- Move flowchart symbol: drag and drop symbol to desired position.
- Copy or duplicate flowchart symbol: Right click on symbol and select Copy or Duplicate.
Link Q.wiki page in flowchart symbol
- Right click on flowchart symbol, then select URL.
- Alternatively: select symbol and select Link... in the editor.
- Select existing page in Q.wiki in the appearing dialog with autocomplete.
- As soon as two letters have been entered, the dialog provides suitable suggestions.
- Click Apply
- The link is now set and the text in the flowchart icon is underlined.
Link flowchart symbols with arrows
- Set arrows:
- Hold the mouse over a flowchart symbol and select one of the blue docking points with a left click, hold down, drag to the desired docking point of the symbol to be linked and release.
- Label arrows:
- Click on arrow and type in desired text.
- Delete arrow:
- Click arrow and press Remove key.
- Alternatively: right-click on arrow and select Delete.
Flowchart editor functions (from left to right)
- Save and close
- Save temporarily
- Close (without saving)
- Undo and Redo
- Zoom
- Link flowchart symbol
- Show/hide grid
- Show/hide leading lines
FAQ's about flowcharts
Can I automatically create a flowchart from the table?
- It is not possible to automatically create flowcharts from the tabular representation.
How can I copy flowcharts?
- Flowcharts cannot be copied to another page.
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