PlantUML different layouts

Question

I am using PlantUML API to generate Activity Diagram.

I have used GraphViz before and used rank parameter to define layout

rank=LR [for left to right]

I am trying to find similiar thing in PlantUML where I can change its orientation to "Left to Right" instead of existing layout i.e. "Top to Bottom".

Answer 1

No, you cannot with current version (7876). You can use the following command with State, Class, Component or Usecase diagrams:

left to right direction

(see http://plantuml.sourceforge.net/usecase.html#Rankdir)

However, this feature will be added in next version.