Properly display self-references

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Properly display self-references

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When you self-reference an entity in the domain model, the association is barely visible and hidden behind the entity itself. This makes it difficult to a) get a clear picture of all associations and b) work with/update the association from the visual representation of the domain model.

My suggestion would be to display self references with a circular line to itself. Alternatively, use the same method as with the lines in microflows where you can drag to set 'bezier' points.

asked 2018-09-13

Ronald van Puijenbroek

4 answers

Arjan van IJzendoorn · Answer 1 · 2019-06-25

Mendix 7.23.6 has been released and it greatly improves the readability of self-referencing associations! Also, cardinalities (1, *) are drawn on the line instead of next to it, also helping readability.

Andreas Blaesius · Answer 2 · 2018-10-09

I have a dream that this will be implemented one day.

Ronald Catersels · Answer 3 · 2018-09-21

In Mx7.18.1 you can edit the reference from the association tab. So at least you now can more easily change / check the settings.

Regards,

Ronald

Nikolaus Weiss · Answer 4 · 2018-09-17

I posted the same idea months ago, but it seems no one from Mendix took a look at it: https://forum.mendix.com/link/ideas/789

Hopefully they see it this time.