Reconnecting messages

In sequence diagrams, you can change the source lifeline or target lifeline of a message to reconnect the message to the new lifeline.

To reconnect a message to another lifeline:
  1. Open a sequence diagram that contains existing lifelines and messages.
  2. In the interaction frame, complete one of the following steps:
    • To reconnect a message to a different lifeline, click a message handle and drag it to another lifeline. The message is reconnected to the new lifeline.
    • To reconnect a message on the same lifeline, click a message handle of a synchronous, asynchronous, or destroy message and drag it to the same lifeline. The message becomes self-directed and the send message appears higher than the receive message.

Parent topic: Creating messages in sequence diagrams

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